A wearable that allows a deaf person to feel music
The Sound Shirt jacket allows a deaf person to feel vocals or instrumentals on their skin. Live music is translated into data in real-time and then communicated to the wearer via sensors embedded in the fabric of the garment.
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/deaf-twins-feel-music-thanks-to-haptic-jackets
A cute bear paw is serving coffee through a café wall in Shanghai,
China. Customers place an order through the QR code on the wall. The bear paw will serve coffee through the hole in the
wall. The store's staff, Ying Ying, and Wei Wei are people with speech impairments,
both have barista certificates my and make excellent coffee. Haiqing Wang,
the coffee shop founder, aims to assist individuals with special needs and is
thoroughly committed to empowering individuals with special needs to successfully
seek stable employment.Read more: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1006535/shanghai-has-a-hole-in-the-wall-caf%C3%A9-run-by-disabled%2C-bear-clawed-baristas
[Visual scribing] aims to condense the story into the space of a page. This forces both the artist and the viewer to focus on the core ideas being expressed. For people with dyslexia, this form of information presentation can also be an accessible alternative to reading a long article that may not be possible to read otherwise (for example, it is not in a Dyslexia-accessible font or it has black text on a bright white background).Read more: https://www.neurodiversitymedia.com/neurodiversity-visual-storytelling
Dwayne Fernandes, co-founder of gaming startup Minds at Play, employs Tyran Bunt, 24, (Ty) an autistic non-binary person who acts as an assistant games master and content editor. The company aims to foster communication and social interaction through a popular role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons (D&D).Read more: https://www.neurodiversitymedia.com/autistic-person-dream-job-gaming-startup
