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COURTROOM ACCESSIBILITY FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED ATTORNEYS
People who “require visual aids…face communication barriers that prevent them from fully participating in the judicial process.” For “lawyers with disabilities, challenges can hinder their ability to fully participate and thrive in the field.” In fact, people with disabilities and blindness experience significantly higher rates of unemployment than able-bodied people, 12.5% compared to 5.9%.” Further, in a study evaluating “transportation-related stress” among people with visual impairments, it was found that people with visual impairments experience “higher stress…[when] navigating…and walking in unfamiliar places.” Psychological stress occurs when “people perceive environmental demands as beyond their resources and thus threatening or harmful.” To ease these anxieties, it is important for trial attorneys to know the accommodations available to them in courtrooms, and equally as important for all courtrooms to be consistent in their accommodations.

