Most of the example challenges feel pretty odd.
> Go a couple of weeks without using the phone. Which services are closed off to you?
I think I've called a service provider of any kind once in the last five years. It didn't actually get me anything that text comms would not have.
> Tell people you need an accessible venue for your meetings. How do they respond?
The last time I spoke at a venue was like 8 years ago. The author doing it multiple times in a random week seems like quite an outlier.
> Switch on subtitles and mute your favourite shows. Do they even have subtitles? What do you miss?
I always have subtitles on in any TV show, streaming show, YouTube, etc. I can't even think of the last time it wasn't an option. (The subtitles for the news have a 15 second delay due to it being a real-time broadcast, which is a bit distracting but acceptable.)
> Go a couple of weeks without using the phone. Which services are closed off to you?
I think I've called a service provider of any kind once in the last five years. It didn't actually get me anything that text comms would not have.
> Tell people you need an accessible venue for your meetings. How do they respond?
The last time I spoke at a venue was like 8 years ago. The author doing it multiple times in a random week seems like quite an outlier.
> Switch on subtitles and mute your favourite shows. Do they even have subtitles? What do you miss?
I always have subtitles on in any TV show, streaming show, YouTube, etc. I can't even think of the last time it wasn't an option. (The subtitles for the news have a 15 second delay due to it being a real-time broadcast, which is a bit distracting but acceptable.)