Current challenges / barriers

Dating apps are not accessible

Dating and dating apps are often very visual and based in appearance.

On dates blind young people can often end up relying on their date to read menus etc., this is often difficult for both parties in terms of the social interactions between the two.

Blind young people are often isolated, lacking in confidence and do not leave their house. This means that they do not have the opportunity to meet people incidentally and often do not feel confident about even trying.

Current challenges / barriers

Amongst blind young people there is lack of understanding of how their skills transfer into job specifications.

Sometimes blind young people have not had the opportunity to develop the soft skills that support successful employment such as:

• Using initiative
• Self organisation
• Being able to communicate
• Interpersonal skills

Blind young people cannot glance at the clock; they lack a frame of reference for time passing. Time keeping – no consistent time awareness. (An example of ine tech solution to this is Bradley Timepiece - Braille Watch - https://www.eone-time.com/our-story/who-we-are/)

Task management is so often visual, with lists and post it notes etc., blind young people are not able to access this. 

Problem solving is so often visual, which means that blind young people are excluded from these tools.