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Being blind, as with any disability, brings with it a whole host of challenges. There are not that many people who are visually impaired working in high energy physics. This talk attempts to look at the intersection of those two worlds. It will explore some of the struggles of doing work in this field while being blind -- looking at both the physical challenges as well as the structural and institutional.
It will go through the differences in perspective that something like that can bring. As well as taking a gander through some of the tools, technologies and techniques that exist to mitigate those issues; many of which come from the most unexpected sources.
It is a humble attempt to raise awareness of these issues in order to make the pursuit of scientific research more accessible to more people who may wish to engage in it.