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Developers Urged Not to Rely on Software Alone for Disability Tech
Original: For not just a few, but many disabling medical conditions, for technology sphere developers to solely rely upon software
Commenters are arguing that for many disabling medical conditions, technology developers focus too heavily on software while hardware is often the core of the problem. The claim is that treating software as the main solution neither advances accessibility nor addresses what actually limits disabled users, and that meaningful progress requires attention to physical devices and infrastructure instead.
Why now: The argument challenges the prevailing assumption in the tech industry that software improvements alone can solve accessibility problems.
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Evidence
- For not just a few, but many disabling medical conditions, for technology sphere developers to solely rely upon software changes and development parts, when hardware is often the mainstay of the problem set, isn't actually advancing anything, nor is it adding but rather… · BrahmaBelarusian@regenerate.social · 2
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