For People With Disabilities, Smartwatches Can Be More Than Just A Toy

It ’s fun to mock the Apple Watch for being an expensive , uncalled-for gizmo for nerd with outsized phones and too much money . But if you halt and think , there ’s a 2d — and far less douchey — group of hoi polloi for whom a smartwatch can make all the difference .

Molly Wattlives with Usher Syndrome , a condition that has left her severely deaf , and with a small burrow of vision in her right eye . She pre - ordered a 42 mm Apple Watch Sport , and documents her day - to - Clarence Shepard Day Jr. experience with it over on her ( first-class ) web log .

On her wrist , features that are convenience — like taps to prompt you which manner to turn — become far more useful . It relieve oneself her communicating easier , and the accessibility sport built - in seem to make her life less of a pain . It ’s a touching monitor of how technology changes that make life a footling easy for the rest of us can make a major difference for mass trade with handicap . [ Molly Watt ]

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