BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Unable to see, Carla McQuillan typically uses a program that converts the letters on a screen into audible words when she wants to read something online.
The tool wouldn't work when she tried to schedule an appointment to get a COVID-19 vaccine, however. “When I clicked, it wouldn’t tell me what the date was.
I could have tapped on something, but I wouldn’t have known what it was,” said McQuillan, who operates a Montessori school and serves as president of the National Federation of the Blind of Oregon.
Her husband, who can see, eventually helped out. In Alabama, Donte Little helped 20 blind and deaf people who had trouble signing up for vaccinations and getting to a clinic for shots. “It’s been a challenge for anybody.