Saturdays I think about tools that quietly changed everything.

Not the flashy ones. The small ones. The app that let me read a menu. The settinga that made my phone work best for my needs.

What is the one piece of AT you could not live without?
#Accessability
#AssistiveTech #BlindAndProud

youtube.com/watch?v=mLLP... @anniegirl.bsky.social @merlinofcanada.bsky.social @cmcalgary.bsky.social @luciecatnip.bsky.social @calgaryoccupy.bsky.social #Alberta is the only province without #Accessability legislation. Shocker I know.🙄🤦‍♀️ But we can fix that.

Picture of Amber Triplett, In-House Artist on left with quote from Amber on right that says "For every build we discuss how to make our games as accessible to everyone as possible, be it color-checking art against color blindness filters, or using dyslexia-friendly fonts. We talk about how to make descriptions and rules clear enough so that any range of players can understand. Otherwise, it’s our overall sense of humor for things. “Crime Guys: The Crime Game” always gets a chuckle."

Placeholder Team Quote: Read what @catskillz.bsky.social has to say about the qualities that make our games unique!

#accessability #placeholdergames #boardgames

How To Add Alt Text On Social Media | Veroniiiica Make your social media posts accessible to users with visual impairments by adding alt text to images— learn how to add alt text on social media and why

An important read for everyone

#ALTText
#AltText
#Accessability
#HowTo
#SocialMedia

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@bsky.app @rnib.bsky.social

Anyone who can help!

#blind #inclusive #disability #accessability #help

We just released major performance improvements to A11yCore: reduced bundle size from 200KB to 24KB, added ESM support, rewrote our DOM scanner, and launched a new feedback system so you can report any accessibility issues our widget may create directly through the interface. #a11y #accessability

Hi, @laurakbuzz.bsky.social, I now own a copy of @cowcatgames.com's Brok Exclusive Edition. So I can solve, what we've been wondering: The Braille is actually raised on the outer box.

Kudos to @redartgames.bsky.social to do this.

#accessability

His Job Is to Make the Subway Accessible. His Own Life Fuels His Work.

His Job Is to Make the Subway Accessible.
His Own Life Fuels His Work.

Quemuel Arroyo, the New York transit system’s chief accessibility officer, has used a wheelchair for half his life. He understands how difficult it is to navigate the subway.

🎁 link. #Disability #Accessability

Close-up of the packaging for the PS4-version of the Exclusive Edition by Red Art Games of Brok: The InvestiGator. Showing the title in Braille on the outer cardboard box.

Wow, I just realised, that @redartgames.bsky.social included the Title of the game in Braille on the outer box of the PlayStation versions of their Exclusive Edition of Brok: The InvestiGator by @cowcatgames.com. A perfect addition, for a game already championing #accessability in games.
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Whenever I reboot or turn on my Pixel phone, these two accessibility icons remain unavailable in the Quick Settings panel.

Anyone know why? #GooglePixel #Android #Accessability

#TTRPG #Accessability Question, Font Size for text in a book/pdf? find a lot of things saying mostly that it depends(fair) or that something like 12-16 as a minimum is good, but figured I would potentially get realer answers from just casting a net for the internet about it, so any good recs? :>

#accessability #inclusivity

Apple Lancarkan Aksesori Edisi Terhad Untuk Golongan OKU Beberapa minggu lalu Apple melancarkan beg bebat edisi khas dengan kerjasama Issey Miyaki. Aksesori yang hanya ditawarkan di beberapa Apple Store ini menerima kritikan di media sosial tetapi laku terjual seperti pisang goreng keju leleh. Semalam Apple melancarkan aksesori Hikawa Phone Grip & Stand yang direka untuk membantu golongan OKU yang mempunyai kesukaran memegang telefon. […]

CSS And Accessibility: Inclusion Through User Choice — bit.ly/40tBnjv #GraphicDesign #Inspiration #Logo #Illustration #WEBdesign #typography #branding #identity #marketing #accessability

I know how to get sick and disabled people back to work The government’s proposed ‘ruthless’ cuts to the welfare payments won’t fix our broken benefits system, says disability rights campaigner Kamran Mallick – instead, some targeted investments would actu...

I know how to get the long-term sick and disabled people back to work | The Independent
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#DisabilityBenefits
#BenefitsCuts
#Accessability
#Disabled

I know how to get sick and disabled people back to work The government’s proposed ‘ruthless’ cuts to the welfare payments won’t fix our broken benefits system, says disability rights campaigner Kamran Mallick – instead, some targeted investments would actually pay dividends

I know how to get the long-term sick and disabled people back to work | The Independent
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#DisabilityBenefits
#BenefitsCuts
#Accessability
#Disabled

If your #Fantasy or #TTRPG character has to be in a chair to help with life (This is a leg chair). What would it be? I also think of the Hover chair that Prof X used or that one fat guy from dune had an anti-grav belt, something I myself wish I had.

#Accessability
stolen from #Tumblr

What was the Wrexham women’s score? The Welsh named app only shows me youth events today. I can’t get it to go past that. #ASKWXM #blindproblems #accessability

When #blind in #America there is neither day nor night just perpetual twilight that never ends. #accessability

By Adolfo Guzman-Lopez for LAist Originally published Sept. 30, 2025 Seeing her 24-year-old son dip his feet in the ocean water at the beach fills Mayra Garcia with joy. “There is so much sensory stimulation that happens with the sand, the waves and the water,” she said. Her son, Jared Garcia Cortez, was born with Dandy-Walker Syndrome, a brain malformation that leads him to use a wheelchair and severely limits his vision and hearing. She lives in Long Beach and has taken her son to the beach dozens of times this year. “More than 30, I think, and we continue going because of the sensory stimulation. Going to the beach and being near the ocean helps him a lot,” she said. _Three years ago, Long Beach installed mats_ at three beaches to help people who use wheelchairs and walkers enjoy city beaches. But there’s a problem. “They don’t reach the ocean,” Garcia said, and that limits her son’s ability to fully use the public beach. She shared a photo that shows the mat stopping about 30 feet from the tide line. LAist reached out to the city of Long Beach to see if it plans to lengthen the mats but has not received an answer. > “It would be cool if somebody put together a website that listed all the beaches that were the most accessible. “ > — Jesse Billauer, Life Rolls On Foundation Other people who are disabled, as well as organizations that advocate for their access to beaches, say public agencies have made strides in recent years, but full access to beaches remains out of reach _for the estimated one in 25 Californians_ who use a wheelchair or walker. ### Here’s what’s available and how to get it In California, there is no one body overseeing all public beaches. City governments, county governments and state government are all in charge of different beaches. And that creates a hodgepodge of policies and access accommodations that is difficult to navigate. “It would be cool if somebody put together a website that listed all the beaches that were the most accessible,” said Jesse Billauer. Billauer knows Southern California beaches well. He grew up surfing up and down the coast until he broke his neck in a surfing accident in 1996. “Now I continue to surf and travel and do competitions. I’m a four-time adaptive surfing world champion,” he said. He creates his own access for others by laying down beach mats and using other technology for _Life Rolls On_, an organization that takes people with disabilities surfing, among other activities. A Life Rolls On event in La Jolla, San Diego. (Photo by Cliff Schumacher) In the absence of a single website, LAist looked at different sites to see what information was available. Here’s what we found: ### Statewide list _This California government website_ lists beaches statewide that provide specially adapted beach wheelchairs, with large wheels that make it easier to roll on sand. The website includes a map with dozens of pinned locations that offer information about beach wheelchairs up and down the California coast. The number of beach wheelchairs at different beaches in SoCal varies. For example, there are six at Dockweiler State Beach, one at Hermosa Beach and one or two at each of Santa Monica’s four beach sites. The site also has information about the hours wheelchairs are available, the ID you need to bring and telephone numbers to call. ### Santa Monica _This website lists the places north and south of the Santa Monica Pier_ that make beach wheelchairs available. ### Huntington Beach Years ago, Huntington Beach built a number of concrete paths from public walkways into the sand to improve beach access for people with disabilities. The paths are called Spencer Ramps. _This website shows the location of Spencer ramps_ at city of Huntington Beach beaches. The ramps don’t reach the edge of the ocean. _The city updated its list of wheelchair beach accommodations_ this past summer and includes a list of the parking lots that provide wheelchair access to the sand. ### San Diego _This list gives information_ about which San Diego beaches provide beach access mats, as well as manual and power beach wheelchairs. At Mission Beach in San Diego, the city provides technology _made by Freedom Trax_ that allows a wheelchair to rest on top of, and be driven by, a track system that looks like those on military tanks. ### Progress and a ways to go Advocates for people with disabilities say agencies need to make it easier to access public beaches by creating more visible information about what’s available, making more beach wheelchairs available and improving access to the ocean water. > Orange County beaches have made some strides in accessibility, but there is still work to do before they can be considered fully accessible for all people with disabilities [as well as older adults and veterans]. > > — Brittany Zazueta, executive director of the Dayle McIntosh Center “Orange County beaches have made some strides in accessibility, but there is still work to do before they can be considered fully accessible for all people with disabilities,” as well as older adults and military veterans, said Brittany Zazueta by email. She’s the executive director of the Dayle McIntosh Center, a disability access nonprofit. The organization, she said, was key in the creation of the Spencer Ramps in Huntington Beach. People like Billauer and Garcia are often frustrated when access falls short and call on other advocates to reach out to public agencies to tell them they want better access because the rewards are worth it. “Our hope is that this message serves as a call to action for communities to continue removing barriers and creating spaces where everyone can fully participate and enjoy,” Zazueta said. **This report is reprinted with permission from Southern California Public Radio. © 2025 Southern California Public Radio. All rights reserved.**

CPH Daily Bulletin 10/5/2025

Beach access remains difficult for people with wheelchairs. Here are some resources to help

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#Accessability #LongBeach #SantaMonica #SanDiego #HuntingtonBeach #SoCal

How California families are already bracing for looming Medicaid cuts This Orange County family wants the best for a child who has cerebral palsy. Cuts to Medicaid could make it harder to access care.

CPH Daily Bulletin 9/29/2025

How #California families are already bracing for looming #Medicaid cuts

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#OrangeCounty #Healthcare #Accessability #Ableism #OBBA #OneBigBeautifulBillAct #CalFresh #MediCal #SNAP #WIC

Facing a trek to the grocery store, Sandwich residents say lack of access is a problem | CBC News There are a handful of small convenience stores and a dollar store in the community. But longtime resident Terrence Kennedy says they're a "stopgap" measure in the absence of a full grocery store like...

Facing a trek to the grocery store, Sandwich residents say lack of access is a problem

Residents say historic Sandwich Towne is now the "armpit" of Windsor with access to basic services a hurdle. #WindsorON #Accessability #BasicService #CityOfWindsor #SandwichTown

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#podcasters
#cities
#cityplanning
#conversation
#canada
#dialog
#accessability
#disability
#community
#masstransit

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A Place at the Table is the free symposium - an in-person event will be held at The Pound Arts Centre, Corsham on 3-4 Sept, packed with presentations, discussions and workshops to understand the power and potential of inclusion. Scroll through! --->
#accessability #symposium #inclusion

Barrierefreiheit bei OpenTalk Seit über einem Jahr bearbeiten wir bei OpenTalk im Frontend das Thema Barrierefreiheit. Wir sind in dieser Zeit spannenden Herausforderu...

Für alle, die den Vortrag "Barrierefreiheit bei OpenTalk: Lessons Learned" von unserem Frontend-Entwickler Emre Neumann am Wochenende auf der FrOSCon e.V. verpasst haben, gibt es nun die Aufzeichnung zum ansehen:

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#FrOSCon #OpenSource #Accessability

Amsterdam to install kitty steps in canals to save cats from drowning Amsterdam will install special steps in its canals to prevent cats and other small critters from drowning because they can’t get out on their own. The Amsterdam city council adopted a proposal to this...

@99pi.org Amsterdam to install kitty steps in canals to save cats from drowning nltimes.nl/2025/07/22/a... #urbanism #architecture #design #accessability #cats

How can beaches be made accessible to people with reduced mobility? In Belgium, the Inter agency launched the "Sun, Sea... Carefree" programme in 2006, to improve access to the coastline. #EuropeNews

#Disability #Accessability #Travel

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