Accessing Second Life: Universal Design in a Virtual World
March 26, 2008Panelists: Atsuko Watanabe and Jondan Lundquist
Here is a link to a chat transcript from a discussion in SL regarding accessibility. It is mostly about universal design, but I did find the following enlightening:
“Why is the built world of SL not more accessible, but much less so than the RL? My only interpretation is that SL is more a mirror of the real attitudes of the inhabitants than the real world. Certainly it isn’t the cost. Maybe it is a reflection of the “medical model” – that people with disabilities are broken and that they need to be fixed, and in SL, no one should have a disability because it is “Wrong” somehow. I’m not broken, I am proud of who I am.”
http://healthinfoisland.blogspot.com/2008/02/accessing-second-life-universal-design_28.html
