2 Replies to “Cal McCarthy: The Disregarded Quarter: The Unmet Market of Disabled Readers in American Book Publishing”
Cal, this is a great presentation. I was particularly surprised by the irony–publishers seem to want to tell stories with disabled characters, but there is so much less effort to make their works accessible for everyone or employ individuals with disabilities whose perspective could be integral to making steps toward that accessibility. I like your concluding three recommendations, and I wonder if you could elaborate more on them. Do you have any suggestions about how, specifically, publishers can accomplish these three areas? I’d love to hear your thoughts!
Thanks for sharing this presentation, Cal! I think about accessibility in document design in general quite a bit, and I appreciated how you clearly explained some of the accessibility limitations of audio, digital, and braille book formats. In thinking about audiobooks in particular, what are some ways that audiobooks can be made more accessible for visually impaired listeners, neurodivergent listeners, etc.? I would love to learn more about how this format could be more accessible to people with disabilities.
Thanks again for a thoughtful presentation on accessibility and representation in both the workshop and among creators/authors!
Cal, this is a great presentation. I was particularly surprised by the irony–publishers seem to want to tell stories with disabled characters, but there is so much less effort to make their works accessible for everyone or employ individuals with disabilities whose perspective could be integral to making steps toward that accessibility. I like your concluding three recommendations, and I wonder if you could elaborate more on them. Do you have any suggestions about how, specifically, publishers can accomplish these three areas? I’d love to hear your thoughts!
Thanks for sharing this presentation, Cal! I think about accessibility in document design in general quite a bit, and I appreciated how you clearly explained some of the accessibility limitations of audio, digital, and braille book formats. In thinking about audiobooks in particular, what are some ways that audiobooks can be made more accessible for visually impaired listeners, neurodivergent listeners, etc.? I would love to learn more about how this format could be more accessible to people with disabilities.
Thanks again for a thoughtful presentation on accessibility and representation in both the workshop and among creators/authors!