I'm an indie, I write code to solve problems in health and build tools for indies to create sustainable income.
Disabilities:
Dwarfism, Osteoporosis from undiagnosed disease of COMP gene mutation.
Complications from above.
Neuro-divergent.
he/him.
My other fediverse accounts:
👥: https://bsky.app/profile/abishekmuthian.bsky.social
💻: https://fosstodon.org/@abishek_muthian
For those without severe disability, current advancement in Brain Computer Interface might sound alarm bells but those with motor and neural impairment have been hoping for such advancement for decades.
I'm glad there's competition in this space which focuses on solving medical problems with BCI.
This quadriplegic gentleman talks about having RC cars as a hobby.
Patients with rare diseases in India have to take the pharmaceuticals to court to make them adhere to the licensing for producing life saving generic drugs.
Big Pharma sells life saving drugs at 1000% markup in India.
What's known to those of us in Rare Diseases circle, Journalist Jyotsna Singh opens it up to all of you by talking to Ms. Chetali Rao an expert on IP law on how Big Pharma exploits patents to rob/murder patients at scale.
@abishek_muthian Great! You could check out
• https://mapcomplete.org/ (a web app that works well on all platforms) - search for the wheelchair theme
• https://streetcomplete.app/ (Android-only for now, iOS port WIP) - has wheelchair access quests enabled OOTB, and you can disable the rest
• https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Go_Map!! (iOS-only) - can be configured to show StreetComplete-like quests
And you can always follow @OSMIndia or #osmncr and join the online mapping parties to learn more 🙂
My wife lives with a severely debilitating disease (GNE Myopathy) and we imported a AFO (Ankle Foot Orthosis) which helps her walk a bit from Europe; UPS India didn't bother to mention the item properly to the customs and is now demanding > 50% import duty and the person on the phone was extremely rude.
Tom's guide writer ditched his laptop for a pair of mini pc and AR glases - https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/i-ditched-my-laptop-for-a-pocketable-mini-pc-and-a-pair-of-ar-glasses-heres-what-happened
AR glasses brings great accessibility improvements, especially those who are bedridden; I wrote the need-gap for wearable low latency computer displays ~6 years ago when I was in bed recovering from a spinal fusion surgery as the only option available to me were those unwieldy bed mounts for monitors and it requires help from others to adjust the angles. - https://needgap.com/problems/16-wearable-low-latency-display-for-computers-display-wearables
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