“When I started out there was no assistive technology,” Japanese-born Dr Asakawa says.
“I couldn’t read any information by myself. I couldn’t go anywhere by myself.”
Those “painful experiences” set her on a path of learning that began with a computer science course for blind people, and a job at IBM soon followed. She started her pioneering work on accessibility at the firm, while also earning her doctorate.
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