Accessibility

The privacy community pushes self-hosting, de-Googling, and more private alternatives as universal goods. But for disabled users with multiple conditions, those solutions often cost more, work less, and break when we need them most. Privacy shouldn’t require giving up the tools that keep us functioning.

I built a screen-reader-first kingdom builder because I can’t play the games the audiogame community keeps making. The alpha is live, the feedback is coming in, and it works.

A desktop computer isn’t a device for me. It’s communication, regulation, learning, advocacy, and independence. The nursing home almost didn’t let me bring it because it didn’t fit their idea of what a patient needs.

I went from a fragmented Franken-System of incompatible tools to a cognitive prosthetic I couldn’t afford to one AI that knows me, doesn’t break my budget, and meets me where my brain actually is. This is the story of building a digital nervous system because the physical world’s infrastructure doesn’t work for mine.

How I separated college Bible coursework from daily time with God, simplified my routine for low-energy days, and learned that prayer doesn’t have to be spoken out loud.

A personal update on why I am moving away from the backend developer path, what Boot.dev did teach me, and what I want to build next with accessibility and sustainability in mind.

A personal reflection on why emotional expression can be physically expensive when you are chronically ill, and why quiet does not mean okay.

I entered nursing home care because I needed to get out of an unsafe situation quickly. But the crisis also forced me to face a bigger truth: I may need full-time long-term care, even if a nursing home isn’t the right setting forever.

Why I moved my Linux workflow from a Raspberry Pi to openSUSE on WSL, and why reliability, reachability, and lower cognitive load matter more than theoretical elegance.

A practical breakdown of the VoIP and messaging options I tried as a blind, desktop-first user with coordination, fatigue, and cognitive disabilities, and why I ultimately chose Google Voice with a second number.