#Disability

#disability #InvisibleDisability #understanding #accommodation #InvisibleDisabilityRights

22 hours ago

If one breaks one's leg, they may have trouble walking.
Patience and understanding are key.
The same is true for the brain and communication.

OutOfExile_IDR 2022

Not all disabilities are alike and not all disabilities are visible.

Image is a meme on an all blue background showing white a pictogram of a person standing. Below the person's feet is a pictogram of a wheelchair user upside down that appears to be the reflection of the standing pictogram person. The caption reads, "not every disability is visible".

CLondoner92

23 hours ago

Local #Government and Social Care Ombudsman: Hundreds of rejected Freedom Pass applications to be reviewed by #London Borough of #Newham Council

More than 200 Newham residents are to have their rejected applications for Freedom Passes reviewed…
https://www.lgo.org.uk/information-centre/news/2023/sep/hundreds-of-rejected-freedom-pass-applications-to-be-reviewed-by-lb-newham
#transport #urbanism #UK #England #disability #disabled #humanrights

@disability
@academicchatter
#UCAccessNow #Accessibility #Disability

If you're disabled and part of the University of California community (student, staff, faculty, researcher, etc), what is one thing you wish people who aren't disabled knew about what your UC experience has been like?

Melody Wisp (English VTuber)

https://vt.social/users/melodywisp/statuses/111111219125236526

im trying to use the blendshapes to drive the ears' movement and shape in #Warudo, so no stream today.

also, #steno dictionary update:
ive shrunk my base dictionary down to 118,605 entries in total so far (originally: 168,406). its very broken now and being used with my incomplete DIY theory, so i get real silly stuff like:

"naway. Not the aTPHAULgy was going for dir rectly. EUTS ebeen talked UBT aTPHUF. Otherwise it will AUL be debait."

when attempting real-time transcription lmao

--
#Unity #Blender #stenography #accessibility #a11y #disability #transcription #MelodyWisp #ENVTuber #VTuber #VTuberEn #Plover #OpenStenoProject

oftencalledcathy

Today was a walk in the park 😊

#Disability #Dublin

The back of a wheelchair and its female user heading down a path between trees that meet overhead. There is dappled sunlight

Sexabled

#inkluencer #selbstbestimmung #inklusion #disability #disabled #DisabledAndProud #teilhabe

1 Liebe Cuties,

ich wollte euch eigentlich gestern schon ein Update bezüglich der Beobachtung durch den medizinischen Dienst geben. Allerdings war ich gestern Abend in einem ganz wunderbaren #poly + #kinky Space und hatte daher keine Zeit für einen Post.

Ich sitze auf einem schwarzen Ledersessel in meinem Wohnzimmer. Mein linker unterarm liegt auf der Armlehne um mich abzustützen. Auf meinem Schoß liegt ein geöffnetes Buch. In trage nur einen halb geöffneten schwarzen Body, der meine rechte gepiercte Brust teilweise zeigt. meine Zehen streicheln den Boden. Die langen blonden Haare fallen locker nach hinten, während ich dezent mit schwarzen Lippen in die Kamera lächle. Neben mir auf dem Hocker steht ein Glas Rotwein mit der dazugehörigen Flasche. Über der Rückenlehne des Sessels hängt ein Flogger mit Edelstahl-Kugelketten.

The Chronic Sloth

#myastheniagravis #myasthenia #myastheniawarrior #chronicillness #disability #myastheniasymptoms

Are myasthenia gravis symptoms always better in the morning? People with MG usually feel better in the mornings and then get worse as the day progresses. Though this is true for most, it doesn't always happen. Some people, like me, are worse in the mornings. It's called "paradoxical weakness". Read the rest of the article here: https://ko-fi.com/post/Are-MG-symptoms-always-better-in-the-morning-H2H8PEM6E

AutisticMumTo3 She/her 🌈

#Benefits
#DWP
#Poverty
#Disability
#PIP

My £77-a-week benefits were taken away - I've spent 2 years fighting to get them back
https://metro.co.uk/2023/09/21/my-77-a-week-disability-benefits-were-taken-away-19527731/?ITO=msn

Veera Laukkarinen

#kokous #kuurosokea #deafblind #disability #esteettömyys #saavutettavuus

Kuurosokeiden kokoukset ovat vähän eri kaliiperia kuin tavalliset kokoukset, joita monet järjestöt ja yritykset järjestävät.

Meillä kokouksen väkimäärä isoimmillaan voi olla lähes sata henkilöä paikalla. Tästä tekee vielä erikoisen, että lähes puolet näistä on tulkkeja. Kokoustilan täytyy olla ison salin kokoinen ja siellä pitää huomioida akustiikka, istumapaikkatilaa jäsenille ja heidän tulkeilleen ja tietysti valaistus. Eli perinteiset auditoriot eivät ole vaihtoehto. Salissa lattian tulee olla tasainen, jotta tuolit voidaaan asetella järkevästi jäsenten eteen ja viereen (eli sikin sokin ympäri salia 😅) ja tapahtumapaikan tulee olla täysin esteetön.

Veera Laukkarinen

#Kela #viittomakieli #kuurosokea #deafblind #deaf #kuuro #SignLanguage #yhdenvertaisuus #disability

Kelan tulkkauspalvelusta ulinaa.

Tilasin viittomakielen tulkkeja ennakkoon marraskuussa järjestettävään Suomen Kuurosokeat ry:n syyskokoukseen.

Eilen Kela laittoi viestiä, ja kyseenalaisti tulkintarpeeni täysin. Olin aivan ihmeissäni, koska viestissä luki "Kyseessä on viittomakielinen tapahtuma". 🤯

Tässä tekee erikoisen se, että kuinka kujalla Kelan välitys voi olla.

Kyseessä EI OLE viittomakielinen tapahtuma ja olen aiemminkin ollut näissä kokouksissa ja yksikään kokous ei ole koskaan ollut ainoastaan viittomakielisille vaan kaikille kuurosokeille.

Kuurosokea ei ole yhtä kuin viittomakielinen. Kuurosokeus on kirjo. Kommunikaatiotapoja on lukuisia ja viittomakieli on vain pieni osa sitä. Kokouksessa käytetään pääsääntöisesti puhetta ja jokaisella jäsenellä on omat avustajat ja tulkkinsa mukana.

Double Tap

It’s been another busy week in the #tech world and a great one also for #accessibility with both Microsoft and Amazon showcasing #disability on the main stage. Check out #DoubleTap on the pod for full coverage and #DoubleTapExpress today for our wrap on the week. Phew!

Al Jazeera (unofficial)

Maher Mamoun Abukhadra from the Qatar Cultural Center of the Deaf shares a message in ASL.⁠Join us in recognising the significance of sign language in foster...#aljazeeralive #aljazeeraenglish #aljazeera #AlJazeeraEnglish #AlJazeera #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralive #aljazeeralivenews #aljazeeralatest #latestnews #newsheadlines #aljazeeravideo #deaf #signlanguage #internationaldayofsignlanguage #disability #deafness #languages #specialneeds #ASL #americansignlanguage
Today, we celebrate International Day of Sign Language!

#ableism #disability #MentalHealth #MentalIllness

It's amusing* that Mastodon can do so well** with regards to ableism and accessibility when it comes to alt-text on images, yet is so grossly ableist with regards to mental illnesses.

* by "amusing", I mean "fucking awful"
** by "so well", I mean "the bare fucking minimum

k. r. jordan-abrams

@dilmandila moreover I'd like to invite you to take a moment and learn about #IdentityFirstLanguage vs #PersonFirstLanguage in the context of #Disability. there are many communities which prefer the syntax of "disabled people" than "people with disabilities". https://www.thesaurus.com/e/writing/person-first-vs-identity-first-language/

#disability #SocialJustice #equality #IDR #InvisibleDisabilityRights are #CivilRights :solidarity:

Robert/Britney Black

A perfect cinematic representation of my emotional frustration, over the totality an immutability of my reality, and the nature it was enforced upon me… https://youtu.be/Y-eXZOXB_BM?si=o_vQSbZoegSjzIwV #CagedAnimal #BodyAndSoul #Disability #Acceptance #Immutable

#VivaldiBrowser #DisabilityAlly #privacy #StarTrek #Themes #disability #browsers
@OutOfExileIDR
@Vivaldi

Vivaldi Browser – First Impressions of a Disabled User

Firefox has always been my go to browser and I recently tried DuckDuckGo but, spent a little timme playing with the #VivaldiBrowser in the last few days. I've decided to update this post by sharing my impressions as a user with multiple physical and invisible disabilities. I'm not a "tech guy" by any means.

I'm composing this update using the "Notes" feature built into the browser. I can interact with other Mastodon users while still working on research and articles in the sidebar and thus far, I like this feature. It allows users to switch from markdown view to editor, add captures of selected areas or full pages, as well as attachments. With functions like…

* bullet points
* ~~strikethrough~~
* link creation
* and indentation options,

...it works as good, if not better than other processors, like MS Word. The notes can be saved and organized into folders, as well. It's much more than just a place to make "notes".

There is multitude of themes available including, several Star Trek themes that may be attractive to many users on Mastodon. Vivaldi allows you to modify the colors of existing themes, create your own, and schedule them to change at selected times automatically. For those with visual impairment or colorblindness, this customization option is great, especially to differentiate between regular and private windows. It's definitely not the singular "one size fits some" option, offered in some browsers. Vivaldi seems to recognize individuality and personal expression with the design of their browser.

The sidebar also includes tabs to access many functions including a reading list, the "notes" word processor and a built-in translator. Users with accounts on Vivaldi Social, can easily access them through a tab, also on the sidebar. I worked on configuring my new Vivaldi account on the side while interacting with others using my Kolektiva account open in the main window next to it. The size of the sidebar and columns can also be adjusted to user preferences and multiple tabs can be titled to view all at once. There's also a "Workspaces" tab allowing users to "declutter your tabs by separating social, work and hobbies" into separate workspaces. A "pause" button at the bottom lets you "take a break" from webpages and work, to focus on other things without closing the tabs. Clicking the pause button "mutes and stops HTML5 audio and videos, hides all tabs, panels and other content leaving the screen clean", while saving resources.

As someone with a limb difference disability (one functioning hand) I use voice recognition software. I found some pros and cons in regard. The biggest "pro" when comparing Vivaldi to Firefox is, my voice recognition software actually works, unlike in Firefox. Despite the existence of a Firefox extension, it doesn't work at all and other users have had this complaint. When composing directly on Mastodon, it does not capitalize the first word of a sentence, which is a problem I've had using any browser. The extensions associated with my voice app, that should alleviate this issue, do not seem to function with well with Edge or DuckDuckGo either. One negative of the Vivaldi browser is that, aside from the common challenges mentioned above, the Vivaldi browser seems to miss spell words occasionally, while other browsers do not do this. The misspelling of the word "time" at the top of this post (timme), was left intentionally as an example. All corrections on done on Mastodon have to be made manually rather than by voice command but, this is true with every browser. I'm hoping eventually, Vivaldi will create an extension for Nuance Dragon voice software that will work better than the others I've mentioned.

The only other drawback so far, is the learning curve associated with the multitude of very cool features. Once I figure it all out, the Vivaldi browser will be even more accommodating to my invisible disabilities, in regard to organization. As a visual person, I especially like the page view when hovering over open tabs. There are so many features, I have yet to discover all of them. With tabs tiling, QR code creation and a plethora of other features, I've yet to crack the tip of the iceberg on this thing. The initial use may be a bit overwhelming to users with invisible disabilities, simply because of the number of features and settings available. I feel once individuals get past that, they may find the browser to be an accommodating accessibility tool for organization. With Vivaldi just a step behind Firefox regarding privacy in many reviews, it may become my main browser. I would definitely recommend giving it a try.

OutOfExile_IDR

https://vivaldi.com/blog/tab-tricks-vivaldi-browser/

Image is a screenshot of just a few of the many themes available to customize the Vivaldi browser. Shown are only six of several Star Trek themes available. The themes depicted are of different designs of the Starship Enterprise. There's even a theme with "Spock the DJ" wearing headphones.

Megan Lynch (she/her)

This has been a complaint since my 20s, but I want to be able to get ALL the healthcare I need, including preventative healthcare.

Everyone should have access to this. The amount the US has spent on subsidizing rich criminals would easily have covered it. #Healthcare #Disability

kit yetts

#disability #technoableism #AshleyShew

at last! my preorder arrived. just in time to provide some fun reading for my travels.

AGAINST TECHNOABLEISM: RETHINKING WHO NEEDS IMPROVEMENT, by ashley shew

Acey :neuro:

#mutualaid #MutualAidRequest #Community #Medicine #Health #Chronicillness #disability #LGBTQ #Mastodon #LGBTQ

Although the crowdfund closed you can still donate directly to my PayPal. My bills are now overdue and I'll need to pay a % fee for each day it's late. Please help me get these bills paid ASAP! 😭

I need roughly $240 but the amount will increase each day that it's late...

Please, consider boosting as it helps tremendously. ❤️

Donate directly @ AddriannaWing1

Many Thanks!

And let your friends know to follow us! Student-led coalitions are always at risk of leaders graduating out or being turfed out, getting burned out, ec. Having a large social media community is a tool to help make sure we can keep riding UC's ass and hold them accountable for what they owe us - the public. #UCAccessNow #Ableism #Disability

Did you know you can also follow UC Access Now toots using your RSS reader? Keep up on news about University of California's systemic ableism and the disabled UC community's fight to dismantle it.

Just use: https://sfba.social/@ucaccessnow.rss

@disability @academicchatter #UCAccessNow #Ableism #Disability

Accessible Community

#accessibility #disability

Join Accessible Community, Knowbility, Teach Access and other professionals in disability related fields for a workshop on Building the Business Case for Accessibility.

October 4th from 11-12:30 US Eastern.

Register at https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMvcOGprz8qGtatVFuOftufIFTyxJ12IVdA#/registration

Would you enjoy a virtual conversation with others in disability-related fields? mutua11y workshops

Irish ME/CFS Association

@chronicillness
@spoonies
@disability
#Disabled
#Disability
#Hiddendisability
#Hiddendisabilities

Drivetime (RTE Radio One) covered the Green paper on disability reform today (1:39:24-1:48:56)
https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/drivetime/programmes/2023/0922/1406848-drivetime-friday-22-september-2023/

Patrick Costello TD ("Green Party TD for Dublin South Central. Spokesperson for Justice. Proud dad") & Niamh Ní Hoireabhaird ("disability advocate and activist & journalist") were the 2 guests and both were against the proposals

Bruce Mirken

"Suppose the disabilities of age mean you can no longer safely live in your own home. Well, you’re on your own. Unless you can afford to move to some kind of assisted-living facility, you’re in real trouble. Your main alternative is to spend down most of what you own, so you qualify for the pittance that your state Medicaid program will pay a (most likely for-profit) nursing home to warehouse you until you die." #Aging #disability https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/aging-alone-in-u-s

theADHDacademic

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tIOlPW0JJNh-HHXPYG3mjjQ5ugITCTgUeraqa4cYBkE/edit

Another potential resource comes from Disabled Academic Collective. They did a thread a while ago on digital resources for disabled folks who wanted to find community online. They compiled the answers into "Community Resources" and posted it to their Resources page.

#AcademicChatter #Disability #HigherEd
#Accessibility #DisabledInHigherEd
#DisabledInAcademia
#DisabledStudents

Another great resource for disabled students, staff, faculty:
Disabled Academic Collective's (Digital) "Community
Resources" List:
https://disabledacademicco.wixsite.com/mysite/resources
-Twitter handles, websites, and hashtags to follow
Graphic by the ADHD Academic.
Do not reuse without permission.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chWOIyUv9_E

"Rehabilitation Act at 50: Advancing Access & Equity for People with Disabilities—Then, Now & Next" #DisabilityLaw #Accessibility #Disability

Blind Institute of Technology

#salesforce #SalesforceAdmin #disability #employment #tech

Looking for a quality Salesforce Administrator? Reach out to us to learn more about our placement services.

Scott recently achieved his Salesforce Admin Certification through our prep course. He has extensive experience as a technical consultant, even earning his Salesforce Associate Certification as well!

Scott's unwavering determination and commitment, coupled with his two certifications, will pave the way for success.

openDemocracy

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/disabled-rights-social-care-independent-living-budget-cuts-campaign/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=Mastodon

Cash-strapped councils may seek to put disabled people in residential care to save costs, without regard for their wishes

#ukpol #UKPolitics #disability

#Accessibility #WebAccessibility #Disability #DisabilityInclusion

Inaccessibility exists because disabled people aren’t believed when they tell their stories.

Roman S.

#Querschnitt #behinderung #disability

@EngelbertDejaco @ORF_News Naja - die Frage ist, bis wann.
Bereits in den 1990er Jahren haben Martin Schwab und Lisa Schnell gelähmte Ratten wieder laufen lassen. Sie legten die Grundlage für alle seitdem erzielten Erfolge im Tierversuch ... gefühlt gibt es alle paar Jahre neue Schlagzeilen wie diese.

In wie weit man hier tatsächlich echte Fortschritte oder sogar eine Perspektive für eine Therapie bei Menschen entwickelt hat, weiß ich nicht.

Lily Velour :verified_trans: 🎇

#ChronicIllness #Disability #MECFS #Fibromyalgia

Time for another positive affirmation, picked at random from a list:

#20: “I can do anything I put my mind to.”

I’ve tended to agree with this statement for things like music, art, code, or performing for others. But when it has to do with my body and its capabilities, I struggle quite a lot.

Every time I feel weak, a part of me blames myself. For no reason, I know…but this is all still difficult to process. And with chronic illness, especially neurological/immunological, I don’t even know the full extent of what I need to come to terms with. It keeps me in a vicious cycle of trauma and grief without any end in sight.

So, I’ll work on that I guess. It’ll take time but I’ll get there.

Lek

Day 2 with the new walker.

My back has that feeling of muscle tiredness; the kind you get when they've been atrophied by lack of use and now they're trying to keep up with the new activity.

I think this is a good sign.

I've tried walking unaided and it's not possible yet, but I can manage a few steps provided there's something I can hold on to.

I think this all stems from my feet surgery 15 years ago. I had to get a cane after that and it's been downhill ever since.

#disability

Roquefort Bloom

#auspol #australia #Disability

@graemeinnes
Welcome Graeme!
I've seen you many times on #theDrum & your wise words will valued here 😊

#Centerlink #Unemployment #audhd #autism #adhd #disability #neurodiverse #MentalHealth #Anxiety #MentalIllness #ChronicPain #university #Academia

Also, being face to face in a room full of people for 8 hours a day, 2 days next week is:
- a HUGE fucking covid risk
- going to have me dysfunctional for the rest of the week
- a waste of the time I should be using to get my assessment handed in

Katja ｢Amethyst｣

#MutualAid #Disability #TransCrowdfund

howdy, folks. I am nearly out of food and am presently carrying a negative $38 balance in my bank account. I do get paid next Thursday-ish, so I don't need a lot, but I would kinda like to survive until then.

PayPal: paypal@aerdan.vulpine.house
Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/VulpineAmethyst
VenMo: VulpineAmethyst
CashApp: $VulpineAmethyst

SingsongRaptor

#MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #HelpRequest #food #poverty #BlackMastodon #DisabledFedi #BlackFedi #disability

Hi friends, I have an emergency. My friend has just been left at the altar by her shitheel fiancé. She hasn't eaten in days to save money to put the deposit on the cake and flowers and just finished paying off her dress. She needs to eat, desperately.

CApp for immediate help: $ErikaStardust

Gofundme for longer term so she's not trapped
https://t.co/yqZY88Bnsu

Electropict

#disability #practicalSolutions

@kim_harding

“ban all cars”

I ask again, what is your PRACTICAL ALTERNATIVE for the small number of people who cannot access services any other way?

Publicly-funded electric rickshaws with drivers, somehow able to do 100-mile round trips in all weathers without killing patients through exposure?

Or should we default to larger, more dangerous, and expensive ambulances and minibuses for everything, for the sake of ideological purity?

:BIPOC_Autistic: :transknife:

#MEcfs #disability #mutualaid #settlerSaturday #transCrowdfund #begpost #indieDev #Aldercone #crowdfund

65% of our goal with just a little over a week left of the month :blobfoxheart:

- cashapp & venmo: evelbrute
- https://ko-fi.com/aldercone
- https://buymeacoffee.com/aldercone
- https://patreon.com/aldercone

our rad stuffs!
- https://aldercone.itch.io/
- https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/evel/
- https://www.buymeacoffee.com/aldercone/extras
- https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/cassowary/
- https://k-23.bandcamp.com/

Rhys! From KGW

This Oregon veteran has his veteran disability benefits fraudulently stolen right out of his Direct Express account. Initially Direct Express said the charges looked clean. It took KGW asking questions for them to say they'd give the fraudulent charges another look, and refund him.
more details/context here:
https://www.kgw.com/article/news/investigations/social-security-disability-funds-stolen-direct-express-card/283-0bdba902-8ae1-4ec6-8d38-d4b5d3aceea1

#portland #pdx #pnw #oregon #veteran #disability #fraud #steal #local #news #kgw

Irish ME/CFS Association

https://www.gov.ie/en/consultation/3b001-green-paper-on-disability-reform-a-public-consultation-to-reform-disability-payments-in-ireland

(Not ME-specific)
Green Paper on Disability Reform: A Public Consultation to Reform Disability Payments in Ireland

@chronicillness
@spoonies
@disability
#Disabled
#Disability
#neisvoid
#chronicillness
#chroniclife
#ChronicPain
#Spoonielife

Tom Kindlon

https://www.disabilityathome.org/adaptations/

ADAPTATIONS

@chronicillness @spoonies @disability @mecfs
#Disability #chronicillness #chroniclife #Spoonielife #Spoonie

Adaptations

Scroll or view by category. Click on the images or titles to learn more.

Bathroom
Communication Tools
Customizing Equipment
Grab Bars
Grabbing Tools
Incontinence Tools
Kitchen
Medication
Navigating
Repurposing

Tom Kindlon

https://www.disabilityathome.org/

Disability At Home:
"This website documents the ingenuity and creativity that caregivers and disabled people, including those with chronic illnesses, use every day to make home accessible..."

#Disability #chronicillness #chroniclife #Spoonielife #Spoonie @chronicillness
@spoonies
@disability @mecfs

Disability At Home
Main menu
Black manual wheelchair with a wooden, square dolly attached with two ropes behind it
DISABILITY AT HOME
ABOUT THIS PROJECT
This website documents the ingenuity and creativity that caregivers and disabled people, including those with chronic illnesses, use every day to make home accessible. These images were shared with me during research for my upcoming book about disability and care. I spoke with 44 couples in 22 states about their daily lives. But because research began during the pandemic, I couldn’t visit in person. So, I asked for photos instead. The result was hundreds of photos I knew the world needed to see.

Many didn’t come into this knowing how to adapt their homes or how to make them accessible, but they learned through trial and error. This site shows the profound competence and capability of disabled folks and caregivers, that it can be figured out, that you can make life work, and that millions of people do it every day. I hope this gives others ideas and confidence for their own creative world-building practices at home. Let’s work to make it easier for the millions of people across the US who are disabled and navigating an inaccessible world. To facilitate this, I have included suggested search terms you can use to purchase similar items in the photo descriptions, as well as approximate costs when possible. There’s even a downloadable med sheet that one caregiver provided!

#Accessibility #WebAccessibility #Disability #DisabilityInclusion

You can’t know how many disabled people wanted use your product if it’s not accessible.

#Accessibility #WebAccessibility #Disability #DisabilityInclusion

Web accessibility isn’t harder than any other web development concept.

#Accessibility #WebAccessibility #Disability #DisabilityInclusion

Consumers value companies that value them. Disabled people won’t just wait for you to fix inaccessibility.

#Accessibility #WebAccessibility #Disability #DisabilityInclusion

There are still countless stigmas, stereotypes, and biases that disabled people are dramatic, making things up, or looking for attention.

#Accessibility #WebAccessibility #Disability #DisabilityInclusion

Requiring disabled people to ask ”nicely” for access is conditional allyship.

#Accessibility #WebAccessibility #Disability #DisabilityInclusion

If you don’t rely on accessibility, you don’t get to decide what is more important than it.

theADHDacademic

#AcademicChatter #Disability #HigherEd
#Accessibility #DisabledInHigherEd
#DisabledInAcademia
#DisabledStudents

Disabled In Higher Ed's "Disabled in STEM/Academia Literature" spreadsheet is a collection of articles, blogs, etc. that may interest disabled students, staff, faculty, and anyone invested in accessibility in higher education.

Bonus for ADHD folks: there are summaries of what each item is.

Great resource for disabled students, staff, faculty, & allies:
Disabled in Higher Ed's "Disabled in STEM/Academia
Literature" Spreadsheet
https://disabledinhighered.weebly.com/resources.html
-Collection of presentations, books, websites, blog posts, and more related to disability and academia/STEM.
-Summaries provided!
-Collected by Ava Gurba.
Graphic by the ADHD Academic.
Do not reuse without permission.

Rabi'a Elizabeth

@accessibility
@disability #Disability #ScreenReaders #UserExperience

I am SOOOO weary of this UI fighting me with the autocorrect when I try to type an #Accessible #Hashtag.

I just submitted an issue to eliminate hashtag autocorrection over in the #mastodon repo. Please upvote!

And the UI just fought me again. Mind-blowing that this issue hasn't already been addressed.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/27013

Top Tech Tidbits ✅

#news #trends #technology #toptechtidbits #accessibility #a11y #disability #blind #deaf #deafblind

Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, September 21, 2023 - Volume 929
https://toptechtidbits.com/tidbits2023/09212023/

The Week's News in Adaptive Technology
A Mind Vault Solutions, Ltd. Publication

Top Tech Tidbits. The world's #1 online resource for current news and trends in adaptive technology.

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H

massively guilty of it myself, but I'm lowkey disappointed how many inaccessible screenshots folks use when communicating about bugs and issues in software development. Quite often literally screenshots of text with no alt text being shared in chat. A shame that teams doesn't prompt for alt text by default. #accessibility #a11y #webdev #softwaredevelopment #communication #disability #alttext

#audhd #autism #adhd #disability #neurodiverse

My housemate was dumped by her boyfriend a couple of weeks ago, and is trying to navigate how to still be friends with him going forward.

We were talking about it the other day, and she said that while in this relationship she had been the most clearly straightforward shed ever been in a relationship, asking for what she needs and clearly communicating her feelings.

It's something she and I have talked about a LOT, because we dated for almost 10 years and have lived together for a further 10 years post our break up.

She said "you know, I think I'm going to just put in my dating profiles that I'm not autistic but I get on with autistic people best because I like when things are clear and open and honest".

I'm like 🤔😏

(She's scored very low on the Raads-R, but I still think she's one of us..)

#audhd #autism #adhd #disability #neurodiverse

Also, because of this I'll often post my day's To Do list on Facebook, and then post updates of the things I've gotten done. It's super helpful to have people cheering me on, especially on days where my #ExecutiveDysfunction is dysfunctioning and my #PDAAustism is really PDAing..

US News:
https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2019-11-21/suicide-is-top-cause-of-deaths-tied-to-traumatic-brain-injury

⚠️ CW – Suicide Prevention Month (TBI and Suicide)⚠️

September is National suicide prevention month and many members of the Invisible Disability Community are at high risk but, they're not alone. Individuals in the LGBTQIA community are "four times more likely" to make such an attempt for much the same reason as disabled individuals. The way they are mistreated and stigmatized in society. It is also the second leading cause of death for young people in the US between the ages of 18 and 25. "Native American communities experience higher rates of suicide compared to all other racial and ethnic groups in the US being the eighth leading cause of death…".

I thought this would be a good time to migrate and repost a piece I did on TBI "traumatic brain injury" and suicide to include these other at risk groups. What can you do if someone in your life is at risk? Spend some time with them, don't be judgmental, listen and love. If you see them being victimized or bullied, stand up and say something.

TBI - Traumatic Brain Injury and Suicide (originally posted Dec 27, 2022)

Why support is so important for those that live with TBI and Brain Injury. Between 2014 to 2017, the traumatic brain injury-linked death rate rose from 16.3 to 17.5 per 100,000 people.
There were 61,131 TBI-linked deaths in 2017 alone, and nearly half of these deaths were by suicide or homicide from 2015 to 2017. Last summer, a rash of suicides on the USS Washington raised questions about lack of support and services said to contribute to these deaths.

The links below present the dismal statistics and some ways to help prevent suicide among the population living with Brain Injuries and other marginalized people.

Traumatic Brain Injury and Suicide | Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evolutionary-psychiatry/201809/traumatic-brain-injury-and-suicide

cdc.gov
https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/prevention/index.html

TBI and Suicide – PubMed.gov:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22329620/

Indigenous communities and suicide:
https://www.publichealthpost.org/databyte/suicide-rates-indigenous/

Trevor Project– LGBTQIA suicide: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/article/facts-about-lgbtq-youth-suicide/

Science Direct:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563205000531

Association between disability and suicide – pub med.gov: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34465506/

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/users/geralt-9301/

#TBI #BrainInjury #suicide #SuicidePrevention #indigenous #native #disability #LGBTQIA #EmotionalSupport #inclusion #love #understanding #education #EndAbleism #DisabilitySolidarity #DisabilityCommunity #Here4All #ActuallyAutisic #InvisibleDisabilityRights #landback #TransLivesMatter

@disability

On the right side of the image is an Illustration of a human head (skull) on a black background with a deep pink brain contained therein. On the left side are many blue question marks in floating bubbles of varying size. They represent the confusion and barrage of thoughts that many with Brain Injuries often experience.

Robert Thinks You’re Great

Hey #accessibility and #disability friends: how much does it bother you when someone uses “subtitles” and “closed captions” synonymously?

Boost for reach if you feel so kind.

#ClosedCaptions

Veera Laukkarinen

#saavutettavuus #alttext #disability

✨Hei uudet ihmiset ja miksei ei-niin-tuoreet ihmisetkin!✨

👉Muistakaa lisätä postaaminne kuviin ALT-kuvailuteksti.👈

Minun lisäkseni täällä on muitakin joilla on vaikeaa nähdä kuvat ja videot kunnolla ja me tarvitsemme sanallista kuvailua kuvien hahmottamisen tueksi ♥️🙏😍

Blind Institute of Technology

https://blindinstituteoftechnology.org/bit-services/

On the hunt for top-tier talent? Look no further. We connect employers with exceptional professionals with disabilities, bringing a fresh perspective and unmatched determination to your team. Tap into this valuable resource today by visiting our website.

#disability #employment

Tom Kindlon

https://themighty.com/topic/disability/what-to-know-about-getting-a-disability-parking-placard/

🧵
"To Anyone Afraid to Get a Disabled Placard Because You're Worried About Judgment"

@chronicillness
@spoonies
@disability
@mecfs
@longcovid

#chronicillness
#ChronicPain
#Spoonielife
#hiddenillness
#invisibleillness
#Spoonies
#Spoonie
#ChronicallyIll
#ChronicIllnessMemes
#Butyoudontlooksick
#Invisibledisability
#Disabled
#Disability
#Hiddendisability
#Hiddendisabilities

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Clanman

The York Access Hub runs a Facebook Group where we invite all York businesses, venues and facilities to join to make us aware of their accessibility to the disabled community. It’s also open to individuals who wish to know of such amenities. Come on York businesses, join up ! #accessibility #york #business #disability

Shouty person

#WorkersRights #Disability

For the first few years of the pandemic, my employer was really good about accommodating people's working styles. Whatever made you more productive was okay (WFH, hybrid, or in the office). But I suspected it wouldn't always be this way, so I asked my manager to move me to a permanent WFH contract. He said he didn't think that was necessary. He promised he'd support me, that we could just agree it between us.

Antonio Santos 🇵🇹

ICYMI: Enhancing Global Accessibility: The Role of Legislation and Advocacy https://antoniosantos.blog/2023/09/15/enhancing-global-accessibility-the-role-of-legislation-and-advocacy/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #DigitalAccessibility #disability via @akwyz

https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2023/09/14/adventures-in-public-speaking/

Recent blog entry by disability activist Alice Wong.

"This was the first time a host asked me to consider modifying my response. It felt like censorship to me, a way to dampen my valid frustration and disappointment in certain public figures and reshape my remarks in the name of civility, respectability, and palatability." @academicchatter @disability

#COVID #Disability #HigherEd

Mike McCaffrey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNwfVdVhStc

The first track on #Kflay's new album is all about being angry and coming to terms with a new #disability, which is a subject that doesn't get nearly enough attention in mainstream discourse.

Warning: There is a moment of simulated tinnitus ringing and some sirens that may surprise you while driving.

OutOfExile_IDR § GoodTrouble®

#VivaldiBrowser #DisabilityAlly #EndAbleism #privacy #disability #equality #inclusion

Vivaldi – Setting an Example for Other Instances on Mastodon regarding Ableism:

I don't often have good things to say about many companies, however, in this case I have no choice but to commend the makers of #VivaldiBrowser in regard to their @Vivaldi instance, here on Mastodon.

Many users with disabilities, including myself, have often taken exception to most instance rules and the wording of the "Mastodon Server Covenant". I have had a piece on the back burner about this issue for quite some time, while examples of this problem continued to occur. Many disabled users have said they feel excluded by these rules, and therefore, left vulnerable to ableism. I personally have had certain instance administrators ignore blatant examples of ableism, seemingly on the technicality that, it does not violate their rules; or that of the Mastodon Server Covenant. To be clear, the instances I have accounts on (kolektiva.social and neurodifferent.me) do list ableism as an offense, and neurodifferent.me seems particularly protective of CERTAIN users in this way.

Servers on mastodon are required under the covenant to have:
"Active moderation against racism, sexism, homophobia and transphobia.
Users must have the confidence that they are joining a safe space, free from white supremacy, anti-semitism and transphobia of other platforms."
There is absolutely no mention of ableism or any categorization that it would fall under. So, what about Vivaldi social?

I downloaded the Vivaldi browser last week and have not completely familiarized myself with it but, if you like the bells and whistles that go along with customizable browsers, you should like Vivaldi. It's equipped with many fantastic features for research and writing, as well. They have also recently taken steps to protect the privacy of it's browser users from prying Google eyes. After discovering that they had an instance here on Mastodon, I reached out to Vivaldi who graciously responded to me on several occasions. Their Mastodon instance even offers its users a blog space for writing. This was an exciting prospect for me.

When I looked up instance rules for Vivaldi social, I found the rules to be very similar to many instances and Mastodon's server covenant with a couple of additions including: xenophobia and casteism. Though xenophobia would seem to encompass ableism, I asked about the absence of the term on their server rules. Today, I received a response that speaks volumes about the character of those involved with Vivaldi and their Mastodon instance.

The correspondence said in part: "While for us it's common sense that any form of discrimination is not acceptable, it probably is best to spell it out more clearly. So, we've tweaked the wording of the server rules now." So what do Vivaldi's "tweaked" rules say?

"No discrimination of any form (incl. racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, casteism, ableism, etc.)".

I was pleasantly flabbergasted by this. Words like "fantabulous" and "bravissimo" are not a strong enough complement to this statement of equality and inclusion of the disability community by Vivaldi. Thank you so much for this consideration. Hopefully, other servers will follow the example you have set by adding one simple word to your server rules. You are truly a friend and ally to people with invisible disabilities throughout the world. There is no doubt in my mind about another statement on Vivaldi's server registration page: "EVERYONE IS WELCOME". Thank you again Vivaldi.

ahimsa

#Disability #Accessibility #Activism

Drawing by Liberal Jane
(https://www.liberaljane.com/)

""If your activism isn't accessible and inclusive, who is it even for?"

Person facing away from the viewer but looking over their shoulder. They are wearing a dress with combat boots. They have a leg prosthetic and a service dog is sitting next to them looking up at them. The back of the dress says, "If your activism isn't accessible and inclusive, who is it even for?"

SingsongRaptor

#MutualAidRequest #helprequest #pain #disability

Woke up in an intense amount of pain this morning, way way beyond my baseline (which has been creeping upwards the last month). I needed the transit passes before, but now I *desperately* need them in order to make drs appointments to investigate all this new pain. They're 26 bucks for a weekly and 96 for the month, but I can't a monthly for Sept, just Oct. Pls, can someone slide me pass money?

CashApp/Venmo: spooniewolf