Accessible Technology

How has technology become more accessible?

When technology was first created, there was a large divide in society because you had the elderly who had never seen technology before and then you had the youth who were growing up around it, low income so they couldn't afford it, weak literacy skills, disability and ethnic minority. But now, the society is started to join. This is because of the accessibility of technology has got alot easier. For example, there are lots of different things that have changed, such as...

• rural area
• elderly
• the way they look
• portability

Technology has changed through rural areas because its alot easier to get Internet this is done by fitting Internet connections to make it easier to use. This is because people think that it is unfair if people don't have technology just because of where they live. Another way that it has become more accessible for the elderly as well, this is because many elderly people find it hard to use the equipment for technology, but its been made alot easier which allows the elderly to use technology in an easy way.

If you had weak literacy skills you would lack access to the Internet. This is because if someone cant read or write then they would have found it difficult to use computers and technology because they would be un-aware of what they are doing on it. Now that technology has developed they find it alot easier to use this sort of technology because it has become alot more simple and easier to use.

One thing that cant be changed through developing the technology is ethics. this is when it is against some religions and believes to use technology. For example the Amish dont use any technology because it is banned in their culture. over the years this still hasn't changed so although i said that the societies are beginning to join together, there are still some reluctant people who disagree with technology. This means there will always be a slight divide in the society but over the years it has increased.