Technology is the great equalizer: accessible to all, it even removes the physical barriers to many jobs and careers.
Tech, both loved and feared: Is it taking over our lives? It has reams of data on us, it knows our habits and predicts what we want to buy or do next.
Not so fast, says Bethany Edmunds, a computing sciences instructor, who says technology has changed the lives of all of us for the better and even more so for the disenfranchised. Technology, she points out, is the great equalizer – first in its ability to navigate life for everyone and especially for those with challenges. At the same time it has also taken away physical barriers to jobs and careers.
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