MySpace is one of the most popular social networking sites on the web, especially for teenagers. One of the biggest draws of the site, other than being able to network with people of similar interest, is the fact that a number of entertainers from the actress/singer Lindsey Lohan to the author Jacqueline Carey maintain blogs on the site.
There are however, many of the same difficulties for blind people in navigating and using MySpace that are faced in navigating and using Facebook. Because of this, the California Association of Blind Students social networking committee has drafted a petition, urging the site to become more accessible.
The other advantage of social networking sites is rather explanatory in the title: you can meet people with similar interests and goals.
A number of disability advocates hold that we need to have accessible sites, designed solely for the disabled. However, we can not live in a glass bubble, surrounded only by those with disabilities.
In fact, the majority of people in the world are perfectly able-bodied. Instead of retreating into enclaves, in my humble opinion, we have got to learn and interact in frameworks that were not originally designed for the disabled, if at all possible.
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