Co-designing a peer support platform for people with low vision and blindness

This report evaluates the design and development of a prototype Peer Support Platform that aimed to address the information, linkages and capacity (ILC) building needs of people with low vision and blindness.

Consistent with the research literature, our user community survey established that people with low vision and blindness face persistent challenges in accessibility of digital information as well as spaces, venues and transport, and overcoming isolation and managing social connections.

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Author:
Anthony McCosker, Zoe Teh, Milovan Savic, Prem Prakash Jayaraman

Source:
Swinburne Social Innovation Research Institute

Date published:
Wed 29th Jan, 2020