Thanks to the People Who Advocate for Those Who Can't
Among the millions of people who are working to get equality for the disabled, many are actually not disabled. These people work in advocacy groups and try to represent a group that may not be able to do so themselves. A group of people have created a petition to ask Facebook to better equip their site with technologies that benefit the visually impaired. The Petition for a More Accessible Facebook has hundreds of signatures, and is still growing.
Something quite ironic is also taking place- people are creating Facebook groups that are anti-Facebook’s current policies and technologies. Because many of the advocates are not actually disabled, they are able to create pages and groups that demand improvement from the site. For example, there exists a group called “STOP Facebook discriminating against disabled users”. This group is open to all and allows posts for people to share and describe their problems. A major benefit of the creation of this group is that others can comment on posts with helpful advice and solutions on navigating Facebook for the disabled.
Something quite ironic is also taking place- people are creating Facebook groups that are anti-Facebook’s current policies and technologies. Because many of the advocates are not actually disabled, they are able to create pages and groups that demand improvement from the site. For example, there exists a group called “STOP Facebook discriminating against disabled users”. This group is open to all and allows posts for people to share and describe their problems. A major benefit of the creation of this group is that others can comment on posts with helpful advice and solutions on navigating Facebook for the disabled.