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Walking a Mile in Someone Else’s Shoes
If you’ve been following, you know that over the last few months, we’ve explored different ways in which communication can break down for parts of your audience. Especially in cases where inclusion is not sitting at the forefront of our considerations, when it comes to creating our content and delivering it to our audience members.
For kicks, in today’s post, I figured we could analyze a few common areas where communication can easily break down for people in your audience when they happen to live with a disability related to colour perception. When we allow ourselves to revisit what we take for granted in any aspect of our lives, oftentimes, what we find can seriously change our perspectives for the better. This is no different when it comes to speaking professionals, seeking to develop a better grasp on what it means to speak more inclusively.
So let’s consider a few easy examples together.
Colour perception, or lack thereof…
What about the people in your audience who deal with colour perception issues, and can’t clearly perceive the colours being used in your slides? Those amongst you reading this who are colourblind, as I am, are already very familiar with that particular pain point. But even if you’re not colourblind and just happen to be a bit older, you might also be…
