(Comment on this article)Considering the blind and visually impaired personArticle Topics: Research, Visual/Spatial, Communication,
Article types: Personal Experience,
Submitted By: Robin Kettle View Submitter's Profile (ukrobin) | <p>I am forty five years of age and for most of my life, well the last forty three to be precise I was under the impression that blind people as in those with white sticks or guide dogs were totally blind. Although I am disabled myself, It was not until I became an Access Auditor that I studied such disabilities as vision impairments that I became aware of the true facts.
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There are over two million registered blind people in the UK with more than five million unregistered. 94% of those blind people can see to some degree or other be it colours, shades or distorted shapes etc.
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It is because of this I would like to share the importance of colour and luminance contrasting to give aid to the many vision impaired people in the world.
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For example if a person with a vision impairment enters say a public WC they would find a white WC system, white walls (Probable), white wash basin and so on. Because there is no contrast, those facilities would be near on impossible to locate.
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By painting the walls in a contrasting colour those white objects stand out can be identified by most vision-impaired people. Handrails on stairs that are the same colour as the wall in another example but in this case a danger when not identified. Simple solution again in contrast the rails in say blue, black, green in fact any colour that will create a strong contrast. <p> |
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