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Spencer Hunley is an autistic professional, open-source assistive technology enthusiast, and advocate for people with disabilities. He has presented at LinuxCon 2013 and 2014, giving talks about including people with disabilities in the Linux community, how accessible and assistive technology would benefit from more Linux and open-source contributions, and how people with disabilities can be an asset for the Linux and open source communities.
He is currently a fellow moderator for Universal Tux on Google+, former President & board member of the Autism Society of the Heartland & current chapter leader for the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network's Kansas City chapter.
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@imbecile:
OS commonplaces? Hmm. Last time I checked neither of the big-name proprietary OSes had multiple desktop environments available. High contrast, maybe; but not much else. I don't think their source code is open for all to see, either.
This article wasn't about how a specific FOSS AT application was better than others, but what benefits there are to people with disabilities using Linux.
Also, I would appreciate it if you'd not use the word 'handicapped' to describe those us with disabilities - it's an old, antiquated and obsolete term that is not only offensive but marginalizing and discriminatory as well.
Very cool to see a community working on augmentation, reducing stigma and promoting something that's both lower in cost to prosthetics and - hopefully in the future - more advanced than proprietary devices.
Awesome!