PlutarchMay 27
I've always had mixed feelings about the magnifier on Android being under accessibility.  I realize that it is literally an accessibility feature for anyone who needs it, but I say this because I use it myself even though my vision is fine.  It's really useful for stuff like taking a screenshot and then zooming in on it, zooming in whenever you're in an app that doesn't support that normally, etc.
Show threadMalka BethMay 27

@plutarch I'm basically the opposite on that kind of thing, as in, I view rugged smartphone, tablet & laptop cases as accessibility aides that should be covered in the same category as canes & OTC drugs. If they help others that's fine too but the focus should be on giving those with the least the most help.

#DisabilityAccessibility

Show threadPlutarchMay 27

@BrahmaBelarusian

As someone with Tourette's and ADHD, yes.  I hadn't thought of it until you mentioned it, but I think insurance should at least be willing to pay for a case for my phone.  I wouldn't expect them, or even want them to buy the whole phone for me because that comes with obvious disadvantages.  But I've dropped so many phones, so many times, and that will likely never end.

Show threadMalka BethMay 28
@plutarch It's similar to covering a specialized gas & break set for paraplegic drivers, I don't believe the vehicles themselves should be paid for but the modifications to make them drivable for said individuals should be. Right now to some extent cases & vehicle modifications are covered but not really as what they are, an extension of medical needs, rather as aides in at best mid to upper end paid employment jobs and even then it's often only for those who have said jobs before "getting sick/injured", so that's where & why I want this to change, because it'd help people employed & not live better --- and it would level that disparity set a bit, between those born with medical problems vs those getting them later in life.
Show threadMalka Beth

@plutarch An element of this is real & safe independent living, because yes in the USA there are used vehicles selling for under the maximum SSI savings amount of $2,000/person but to get such a vehicle modified, even with just a set of steps for a pickup truck to get in, nevermind a hand controller, would push that cost above what the savings maximum is & yet such things are needed.

Stair lifts & ramps similarly not exactly being cheap off the shelf items & yet they enable safety.

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