Remarks at the Apple 50th Anniversary Celebration
Apple celebrated its fiftieth anniversary yesterday, and I was honored to serve as a speaker. The first phone designed to empower Deafblind people like myself to stay connected on the go was the iPhone. The iPhone, MacBook Air, and particularly VoiceOver helped me become the first Deafblind graduate of Harvard Law School. Thank you to the engineers, testers, and advocates intentionally designing for accessibility.
Every student should have the support they need, whether that is interpreters, wheelchairs, or computers. Let’s build a world where accessibility feels so widespread that the success of disabled students, even those with multiple disabilities, feels expected, not extraordinary.