Long, Slow Journey through the Night
Technology journalist Rupert Goodwins tries to discover if he can use the advantages of a well-connected modern environment to limit his isolation through blindness.
Disability isn't limited to the physical fact of what it does to mind and body - the isolation it brings has compounded its cruelty throughout history. As a technology journalist who started off building computers, Rupert Goodwins decided to find out if he could use some of the tools of his trade to change that situation, and make our hyper-connected modern environment solve some very old problems.
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