Financial toxicity is hitting high-frequency, routine care like cataract surgery. Modern patients want premium multifocal lenses and the precision of femtosecond lasers. But insurance companies frequently categorize advanced technology as "not medically necessary," only covering basic blade and scalpel procedures. Patients are left to wipe out their retirement savings to upgrade, or settle for outdated care.

#HealthInsurance #EyeSurgery #FinancialToxicity #Cataracts #USHealthcare

RE: https://disabled.social/@vlrny/116540812062829077

Not voting, as I was born #disabled

In the #blind community, I was #sighted, although I was born with #cataracts and have always been #LegallyBlind. My dad was blind, and navigated everywhere with his #whitecane. He ws part of an #advocacy #organiztion, and he traveled around the #US by air. His sister, my Aunt Buffy, was a #COBOL #programmer for Sears in #Chicago. She took me to her work once. We rode the #El with her #GuideDog, Ginger.

This meant that it was tough to get away with "Blind kids can't. . ." unless I'd actually *tried*..

#RepresentationMatters.

One #accessibility issue I mention frequently is web designers, presumably for aesthetic reasons, making low-contrast colour choices. It also frequently goes along with selecting a #font so small that only people with excellent vision (and no #presbyopia) can read them, even if the #contrast were higher.

Here's an example. I'm not pointing out the software in question, even though you could identify it easily, because this isn't a dunk on that project, specifically.

This is the reference #documentation for an API, a small excerpt from the navigation links that run down a column on the left side of the page. The #text is darkish #grey on a lighter grey background. The contrast is terrible, particularly ignoring the highlighted entry because that's bolded as the current selection.

If you have #cataracts or any other #vision problem, you're going to have trouble with this. But it gets worse.

That text is 7 pixels high. On my monitors, it's 3 mm high. Ridiculous. Note that if you have fine motor-control problems or use alternative input devices, these are also extremely difficult to click on.

Here's the kicker: for this site, I have Firefox set to #scale the text up to 133%. That 7 pixels / 3 mm is *after* enlarging it.

#Web folks, please try to remember that not everyone is a twenty-something able-bodied person with zero accessibility issues.

#WebDesign #WebDesigner #usability #readability #legibility #WebPage

🥛 Milk Sugar Malfunctions: Mastering Galactose Metabolism Disorders! 🥛
#USMLEStep1 #MedEd #Biochemistry #Metabolism #Galactosemia #Pediatrics #Step1Prep #HighYield #MedSchool #Genetics #Cataracts #Neonatology #FutureDoctor #StudyGram #MedTwitter

https://mymedschool.org/portfolio/u01-01-107-disorders-of-galactose-metabolism/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

This is fascinating & really educational:

This site allows you to either use a sliding scale or put in hex codes to define #colour for both background and text, as well as determine text font size and thickness, and every combination is graded for #accessibility for people with #cataracts, #glaucoma, and various kinds of #ColourBlindness.

You can 'see' how that person would see your website.

A fail means that the #color combo offers some visual strain and should be avoided if possible.

WhoCanUse.com

#WebsiteDesign

RE: https://mastodon.social/@sflorg/116172916638937293

A: good sunnies #sunglasses #UV #cataracts

Q: 'typically develops slowly due to environmental exposure, such as ultraviolet light from the sun'

Now that
the Angel of Death
is definitely in my proximity
all my minor maladies
like #cataracts and sore feet
have suddenly
lost significance
in the grand hierarchy
of dwindling Earthly concerns

Oh the irony
that only at the end
do we find Perspective

#inkmine #vss35 #poetry #poem