APS Online Workshop: Overview

Module A

Module B1

• Slides 1-10
• Slides 11-20
• Slide 11
• Slide 12
• Slide 13
• Slide 14
• Slide 15
• Slide 16
• Slide 17
• Slide 18
• Slide 19
• Slide 20
• Slides 21-30

Module B2

Module C

Module D

Module E

Module E: Exercises

Module F

Module G

Module B1 - Slide 13

Engineers sometimes suggest that they’ll make the modifications where ‘blind people live’, but the fact is people who are blind may live in all parts of an area and may travel throughout a metropolitan area. According to research on where people who are blind live, 33% live in cities, 37% in suburbs, 29% in non-metropolitan areas (small towns) and 1% in farm areas. In comparison to the general population, people with visual impairments are somewhat overrepresented in cities and somewhat underrepresented in suburbs. Why do you think that might be?

Mainly access to transit, and the more pedestrian friendly aspects of a city. Suburbs are generally more car-friendly, and not as easy to travel in for someone who doesn’t drive.

However, people lose vision at different points in their lives. In general, individuals who lose their vision as adults are not in a position to move at that point in their life and may not desire to leave their familiar area and neighborhood. They often have families and other constraints that mean that they may not move to a more accessible location or area. It’s inappropriate to assume that all blind people live and travel in a certain area of town.