Your playlist will load after this ad The country’s booking system is “inaccessible” and “discriminatory” to those who can’t see. Source: 1 NEWS
Auckland woman Martine Abel-Williamson was meant to be in Spain this week after becoming the first New Zealander elected as president of the World Blind Union.
But she couldn t get around a security check called CAPTCHA, built into the booking process. It s quite inaccessible to blind people because you ve got to line up vehicles and bicycles and boats and there s a lot of visual things to prove you re a human, instead of just a question everyone could answer , she said.