Apple CEO Tim Cook Talks Accessibility With Three Accessibility Activists

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(American Association of People with Disabilities)
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Now you understand Apple does not really give a sh1z about the disabled, and just uses this garbage as part of their faux "we care" emotional marketing strategy. Period.

Really? Why don't you inform your "opinion" by observing or working with people who actually need and use accessibility features in tech. Spend a day or two at Accessing Higher Ground and meet people who use the features. Work with students through an office of disability services for a day or two. Then come back and share an informed opinion. Apple's tech is pretty darn good at allowing people to access content and get on with their lives. Is it perfect? No, but few things are. Apple has been a longtime provider of accessible tech and, I would guess, has done more to promote accessibility in technology than...say...you.

Your posting of the aapd job board goes to show how desperate you are to criticizee. Why would apple post there? My place of employment has many people with the sole responsibility of providing accommodations and ensuring web, etc. accessibility. There are many, many others who have the responsibility as part of our normal job because we create content. You won't find any of our jobs posted there either. So, the logical conclusion is that we don't care about accessibility? What?

Jeez, Everyone here is so mad about these videos for some reason. It's a few feel good videos with real people with real disabilities and how they've had things improve for them with Apple. Can you not just be happy about something for once in your life? This is one of those feel good moments you can just sit back and watch.

Sorry Tim, I'm not buying the Kool-Aid you're selling.

"we don't look at ROI", "we want to make Apple products accessible to everyone".

How about making it cheaper so everyone can afford it would be a good start!

"Everyone should have equal access"

Proceeds to increase every products base price for the last 5 years.

Really? Why don't you inform your "opinion" by observing or working with people who actually need and use accessibility features in tech. Spend a day or two at Accessing Higher Ground and meet people who use the features. Work with students through an office of disability services for a day or two. Then come back and share an informed opinion. Apple's tech is pretty darn good at allowing people to access content and get on with their lives. Is it perfect? No, but few things are. Apple has been a longtime provider of accessible tech and, I would guess, has done more to promote accessibility in technology than...say...you.

Your posting of the aapd job board goes to show how desperate you are to criticizee. Why would apple post there? My place of employment has many people with the sole responsibility of providing accommodations and ensuring web, etc. accessibility. There are many, many others who have the responsibility as part of our normal job because we create content. You won't find any of our jobs posted there either. So, the logical conclusion is that we don't care about accessibility? What?

see:

http://www.aapd.com/disability-equality-index/

Apple is nowhere on the list, which is unacceptable for a company of their 'stature' that prattles on about how socially conscious they claim to be.

Sure, a lot of companies are not on the list, but until Apple IS on the list, they have no credibility to publish this type of emotional advertising.

Essentially, they can sell to the disabled, but do not support them as an employer.

Apple's performance in the area of disability support does not match their message.

when does this man work ? he is a wanna be politician and really bad at it too

Tim resign from Apple so can a young smart person can make Apple great again

If you want to democratise technology maybe chop about 40% off the price, Tim.

If you want to democratise technology maybe chop about 40% off the price, Tim.

Yet buying a Windows PC and buying appropriate AT software for it would cost more than a Mac anyway, which already has those accessibility features built in.

How about peoples who can only interact with a computer via SD Card ? Or those with the disability of not being able to ever adapt to another keyboard key travel ? And those with a violent allergy to USB C to USB A adapters ?

He should to talking to a blind person about how they experience the touch bar/function keys on a new MBP...

Hi, that blind person here. I can answer that I was skeptical about the Touchbar at first but I actually made a video about some of the accessibility around the Touchbar [MEDIA=youtube]DtvIjzBHBnE[/MEDIA]

There's also some neat VoiceOver commands/gestures that can make navigation on macOS even more seamless.
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Go to http://www.aapd.com
(American Association of People with Disabilities)
Click on employment, which takes you to : http://jobs.aapd.com/jobs
Search for Apple jobs in CA
Find no jobs listed by Apple

Now you understand Apple does not really give a sh1z about the disabled, and just uses this garbage as part of their faux "we care" emotional marketing strategy. Period.

Apple retails hires more people with disabilities than I've seen anyone else do in the tech space. I know many friends within my community who work as Geniuses, Specialists, Creatives, and even Managers(Leaders). These same people are blind, deaf, autistic, wheel-chair users, service/guide dog users, etc. I know at least 14 people with disabilities personally, and have met even more briefly. During my trip at corporate this past week, there wasn't anything different. Many people with disabilities are employed by Apple from contractors, to corporate employees. Just because they're not listed on a website doesn't mean you can speak for many of us and who employs us. Every person featured with a disability in Apple's ads are people with disabilities in the entertainment industry, a place often overshadowed by able-bodied actors taking roles from PWDs and playing disabled characters themselves. Hope that sheds some light on the facts.