This book is a deeply personal account of one person’s journey through technology, disability, and self-determination. It traces a path from early encounters with fragile systems and catastrophic crashes to a hard-won understanding of how control, accessibility, and resilience are built—not granted. Through the lens of Linux, the author explores what it truly means to own your tools rather than be constrained by them.
Blending lived experience with technical insight, the book examines how operating systems, interfaces, and design choices shape not just productivity, but dignity. It challenges the idea that accessibility is an afterthought and instead frames it as a fundamental design principle—one that empowers rather than accommodates.
At its core, this is a story about reclaiming agency in a world built without you in mind. It is for anyone who has ever felt limited by the tools they were given—and wondered what might be possible if those tools finally listened.
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Prashanth Kamath
Author Bio
Prashanth is a technology professional, writer, and accessibility advocate with over two decades of lived experience navigating computers, systems, and digital spaces through the lens of disability. Living with cerebral palsy, he has spent much of his life adapting technology to work for him—rather than adapting himself to tools that were never designed with his needs in mind.
With a background in enterprise technology and a deep interest in operating systems, open-source software, and human–computer interaction, Prashanth brings together technical rigor and lived reality in equal measure. His journey spans early encounters with fragile personal computers, years of experimentation across Linux distributions, and a growing conviction that accessibility is not a feature—but a foundation.
Professionally, he works at the intersection of technology, governance, and innovation, while personally exploring how systems can be reshaped to empower rather than exclude. His writing reflects a belief that true progress lies not in abstract efficiency, but in designing tools that respect human variability.
Through this book, Prashanth shares a story of persistence, curiosity, and agency—one that speaks to anyone who has ever felt constrained by the tools meant to serve them, and who believes technology should adapt to people, not the other way around.
