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By developing accessible communications for everyone regardless of their abilities, Dicapta focuses on making sure that media, entertainment, and culture are widely available and accessible for people with sensory disabilities, as well as for Latinos living in the U.S.
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I use video description whenever possible, and I am so grateful for it. It allows me to see through someone else's eyes what is happening on the screen.
Judy Mathews, MS, CVRT, Assistive Technology Specialist
We work together respecting our diverse cultural backgrounds, opinions, and beliefs, with the common goal of leading the efforts for an inclusive world.
Carol
Colmenares
Amanda
Cadena
Daniel
Strauss
Juanita
Rodriguez
During deaf-blind awareness month, we at Dicapta have decided to put the spotlight on some figures of the deaf-blind community.
Becoming a medical doctor is difficult. It requires rigorous studying, strong motivation, keen critical thinking skills, resilience, and the ability to deal with difficult situations. It is also a demanding job in terms of workload, with long shifts being common among professionals. Not to mention the people skills that all doctors must develop during their career.
Alexandra Adams, a UK deaf-blind woman, is showing she has what it takes to become the first deaf-blind medical doctor in her country. She is 28 years old, and, for a while, she has been recording her journey to becoming a doctor on TikTok and various other social media websites.
Adams was born deaf in both ears; she has less than 5 percent vision in her left eye and none in her right. At the start of the pandemic, she was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, which forced her to stay for 17 months at a hospital, delaying her medical career.
Source: @alexandra_DBmed
Adams is a relentlessly optimistic person with a clear goal of becoming a Palliative Doctor. She loves traveling and is a public speaker, writer, artist, and published poet. She also once upon a time trained to become a paralympic athlete for London 2012. According to her blog (which she is very active in), her favorite sports are skiing and swimming.
The soon-to-be doctor has an active presence on various social media sites, where she shares her life experience and dispels stereotypes about disabilities. You can find a link to all her content here.
