This is a graphite sketch of a car park curb cut acting as a flower pot to some grasses.

#pleinair #classicmono #drawing #sketching #monochrome #grasses #carpark #curbcut

How Captions Went from Niche to Necessity For the first three decades of television, there were no captions of any kind, leaving Deaf viewers unable to fully participate in a medium that shaped culture and conversation. The fight for closed captioning was a battle for access and inclusion. Deaf activists and advocates spent decades pushing broadcasters, lawmakers, and technology companies to make television—and later, the internet—accessible through captions. From early experiments in the 1970s to the passage of laws like the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act, their efforts transformed media, ensuring that millions could engage with news, entertainment, and education. And what began as a fight for the Deaf community became a revolution in accessibility, benefiting everyone—from language learners and multitaskers to anyone who has ever needed to read instead of listen. View a version with extended audio description: https://youtu.be/ZYQYa0oPwPs View a version with on-screen ASL interpretation: https://youtu.be/A_h4f_ssd7E THE CURB-CUT EFFECT is a four-part YouTube series inspired by our film CHANGE, NOT CHARITY: THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT → https://youtu.be/WvzQ3fPKJjc Official Website: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/change-not-charity-americans-disabilities-act | #ChangeNotCharityPBS CHANGE, NOT CHARITY: THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT tells the emotional and dramatic story of the decades-long push for equality and accessibility that culminated in the 1990 passage of the ADA, one of the most consequential civil rights bills in the nation’s history. #Disability #History #Documentary This program is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station: https://www.pbs.org/donate Subscribe to the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE channel for more videos: https://www.youtube.com/@AmericanExperiencePBS Enjoy full episodes of your favorite AMERICAN EXPERIENCE shows anytime, anywhere with the free PBS App: https://to.pbs.org/2QbtzhR FOLLOW AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanExperiencePBS/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/AmericanExperiencePBS/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@americanexperiencepbs

@PBS How Captions Went from Niche to Necessity. Check-out "Curb Cut Effect" 6-min episode:

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#CurbCut #CaptionsHelpEveryone #Accessibility #DisabilityBelongs #OneDayYouTooWillBeDisabled

The #CurbCut effect has shown repeatedly that #disabled ppl are a cornerstone for #innovation and building a more brilliant and adaptable world. AI, SIRI, football huddles, and glasses are invented bc of disabled ppl. #Neurodiverse groups outperform neurotypical groups in problem-solving by 30%.

The #CurbCut effect has shown repeatedly that #disabled ppl are a cornerstone for #innovation and building a more brilliant and adaptable world. AI, SIRI, football huddles, and glasses are invented bc of disabled ppl. #Neurodiverse groups outperform neurotypical groups in problem-solving by 30%.

This is another reason alt text is important. Muted word lists apply to alt text as well as post text. #CurbCut

Alt text is also useful when your internet goes slow and the images on your feed stop loading. #CurbCut

A night time view of a sidewalk curb cut completely covered by well over a for of snow left piled up by snow plows

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Is this really an acceptable way for your plows to leave the #curbcut? This is completely inaccessible for residents to safely #walk around their neighborhoods several days after the snow ended in @fairfaxcounty.bsky.social

OakDOT at work in the Golden Gate District. #OakDOT #mobility #curbcut #walk #oakland