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28 Member Spotlight<br />
Technology and Me<br />
Molly’s journey with<br />
technology began in infancy,<br />
when she started to wear a<br />
hearing aid aged 18 months.<br />
Throughout junior school, as<br />
technology progressed, her<br />
hearing aids became more<br />
sophisticated and Molly felt as<br />
though they were part of her,<br />
along with her radio aid,<br />
helping her to filter out<br />
extraneous noise.<br />
Molly Watt<br />
“I cannot imagine my life<br />
without technology,” says<br />
Molly Watt, a Deafblind UK<br />
member, Accessibility and<br />
Usability Consultant and<br />
social media superstar<br />
from Berkshire.<br />
Sadly, life became more<br />
difficult for Molly at senior<br />
school. At age 12, she was<br />
diagnosed with Usher<br />
Syndrome and her hearing<br />
and sight began to worsen. As<br />
a result of bullying and lack of<br />
understanding from her peers,<br />
Molly isolated herself –<br />
something for which she is<br />
grateful today as it gave her<br />
the chance to learn about<br />
assistive technology.<br />
In Molly’s teenage years her<br />
parents gifted her a Macbook<br />
which would prove to be<br />
instrumental in shaping her<br />
lifestyle for years to come. It<br />
had built-in assistive
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