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It was bound to happen!

Hey, technology is jumping in leaps and bounds!

Pretty soon the tower computer will be considered archaic, the dial-up modem a oddity, and the folding map something found in grandpa’s GMC rust-covered truck!  Probably last used, I mean fully unfolded, read, plotted, and refolded wrongly, way back when phones were connected by spiral cords!

And when the only games you played on your phone was prank calling; Oh those were the days!

Now we play games on phones, read books, listen to music, take pictures, order lunch, pay bills, etc etc… And, then comes along a blind man who creates an app for blind users that will connect a white cane by blue tooth to phone, which will use Google Maps along with a voice app, and help the blind person navigate from A to B to C… all with the use of technology!

I’d try this, only if I weren’t DeafBlind.

But, this is an improvable idea, and could benefit those who are DeafBlind in the future, I am sure!

Why the way: here is the article!

Good day!

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Craig MacLean is DeafBlind with ataxia, a rare condition called CAPOS. He & his wife of 22 years have two sons, the oldest of which has CAPOS as well.

Craig uses American Sign Language to communicate. He is an avid writer, friend, Hot Wheel collector and intervenor advocate.

Craig sits on many committees, boards and associations as a DeafBlind rep. He graduated university with a BA in psychology in 2000.