PBS WISCONSIN: In Focus with Wendi Dwyer: From disability to accessibility
This interview explores the journey of living with progressive blindness and transitioning into a dedicated disability rights advocate. The discussion highlights the pervasive accessibility barriers present in everyday environments, from poorly designed public websites to physical obstacles like vehicles blocking crosswalks. To make advocacy more engaging and accessible for adults, the advocate created an educational cartoon series featuring a guide dog to address serious accessibility violations and societal misconceptions through humor. Ultimately, the conversation underscores the importance of building empathy, recognizing disability as an ordinary part of the human condition, and relieving individuals with disabilities from the burden of having to constantly fight for basic accessibility rights.
