Technology empowering PWDs

Bhutan's Daily Newspaper - Kuensel - 01/02
Meto (named changed), a person with cerebral palsy who cannot speak, navigates the world primarily using her thumb and smartphone. She communicates with family, friends, and others through text messages or by spelling out words on their palms.

Sherab Lhamo

Meto (named changed), a person with cerebral palsy who cannot speak, navigates the world primarily using her thumb and smartphone. She communicates with family, friends, and others through text messages or by spelling out words on their palms.

Younten Jamtsho, a person with low vision and a programme officer at Disabled People’s Organisation of Bhutan, shared the significant role technology plays in his life.

“Technology has made my life easier and more independent,” he said. “Apps like NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA), a fre...
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