Why the New Touchless, Physically-Distant World Sucks for People with Visual Impairment – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.
In this essay, I discuss how an unanticipated consequence of following this tri-part guidance for staying ‘safe’ is the effective demonization of touch, which has led to many unforeseen challenges for more than 12 million people in the U.S. (and over 285 million people worldwide) who are blind or visually impaired (BVI).