#Visual disabilities

[tiktoks-repost]

#didn’t see that coming #blind #Visual disabilities #humor #joke #jokes #lol #comedy gold #comedic #tiktok #tik tok #memes #funny #walking stick #White canes #visually impaired #disability

[fenmere]

We have a weird thing with our visual cortex. It may be related to our dyslexic dysgraphia, but we don't know.

We miss things.

When driving, we can look up and down a road that we intend to turn into, with no intersections for blocks worth of space in either direction, see it as totally, absolutely clear, and pull out to find someone is suddenly slamming on the breaks behind us. And when double checking with a passenger learn that the car was there. We just literally didn't see it.

Here's a sample of it on a smaller scale. See the triangle between these two lines of text?

When we were reading this page, it wasn't there for us. Literally, there was just a big space, which was unusual for this piece of work. We're used to triangles separating sections within a chapter. The complete lack of a triangle jarred us enough that we had to look away from the window for a period of time and think about something else before coming back to the page in order to take in the new scene as a new scene.

When we came back the triangle was there.

We didn't reload the page. The code is pretty simple. We've had enough experiences with this that we're pretty sure we know what happened.

We experienced a kind of hallucination in which it was missing, and where there was just a big blank space there, which we had stared at and searched with our eyes for several seconds before looking away.

This is how it works with typos, too. We can, in fact, go several days, weeks, months, or years of rereading the same material and seeing things as if they are spelled correctly or with the correct grammar, when it's really not. We know how things are spelled. We know grammar pretty damn well.

If there is a typo in our work it is because we literally cannot see it, and we need you to do so.

"Oh, hey! There's a typo here, if you wanna catch it," is a great way to let us know.

And thank you to everyone who has helped catch our typos!

#Dyslexic Dysgraphia #something weird #visual disabilities #visual cortex

[bread-tab]

"the blind leading the blind" isn't a hypothetical idiom about ignorance it's me my dad and my mom gathered in the kitchen squinting at a bug on the wall to try and identify it until one of my siblings walks in and asks why we're all looking at that raisin

#this exact situation as described has not occurred but it's only a matter of time #it's a shitpost but it's based on several true events #my dad keeps asking me to help him read things when he's not wearing his glasses #problem being we're both hyperopic so if i'm not wearing my glasses i can't read it either #he knows this but he also has dyslexia so i imagine for him it's like oh #that word is actually tiny and unreadable huh? thought it was just me #visual disabilities

[onlytiktoks]

#tiktok #blind #visually impaired #braille #mona lisa #inclusion #inclusivity #accessibility #disabled lives matter #disabled life #disabled #louvre #art museum #museum #louvre museum

[mightyoctopus]

Blind Tumblr users: don’t get the latest iOS app update!

I just updated my tablet to the newest version of the tumblr app for iOS and it completely broke screen reader access for both VoiceOver and Spoken Content. This has happened in the past already, so I will file a support ticket and copy-paste my text from last time, but this really sucks. I sincerely hope this doesn’t affect all screen reader users, but I’m unsure how they could program this bug in a way it only affects me. If you rely on a screen reader to use the tumblr app, I’d advice to not get the latest update to be on the safe side.

When I say “completely broke access”, what I mean is that no posts on my dash or on individual blogs get read or recognized at all. No plain text, alt text, tags, etc. Note count and buttons still work though.

If you also run into this bug, here’s my advice. If anyone has something more useful, please tell me

File a support ticket and report this bug

Use the browser web version, which still works for me

Interestingly, if you save a post to your drafts and click on “edit” the post text seems to get read correctly. This might be a work-around for some people.

If you have the latest version but your screen reader didn’t break, also please tell me! I would be fascinated to know if this bug is only affecting some people

TL;DR: The latest tumblr app update for iOS made it so screen readers no longer work in the app

Please boost!

Edit: This issue is now fixed as of November 10th 2023. However, since this is a recurring issue, it’s possible that a future update will break it again. See notes for more details.

#blind #blindness #screen reader #visually impaired #actually disabled #accessibility #I'm the OP

[advancedbytez]

#Web Accessibility #Font Sizing #Visual Impairments #WCAG #Screen Readers #Section 508 #Disabilities #Accessible Coding #Web Design #Web Accessibility Testing #Web Developers #HTML #EM Unit #Visual Disabilities #Low Vision #Accessible Fonts #Contrast Ratio #Color Blindness

[steadfastpetrel]

the sun mourns in vain for the white-throated rail: a comic about disability and the unwanted able-bodied grief for past selves.

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION:

Page 1: The sun holds a white-throated rail, a bird with a red head, a gray body, and a white throat, in its hands. The sun speaks in a tone represented as sorrowful pity through a drippy speech bubble.

Sun: Looking at you makes me sad!

Rail: What?

Page 2:

Sun: Looking at you makes me sad!

The sun stands with a hand clutching its face.

Sun: How miserable it must be to be flightless! Don’t you yearn for the skies? Don’t you wake up grieving you’re still on land?

Page 3: The white-throated rail looks down in frustration in the hand of the sun.

Sun: (speaking off screen) I’d simply perish if I were you!

The rail speaks, looking down. Pink flowers bloom towards the bottom of the page, petals and pollen blowing in the wind.

Rail: Why do you put your words in my beak and your grief in my feathers? Am I not beautiful?

Page 4: The bone of a white-throated rail is positioned against a colorful galaxy dotted with flecks of stars.

Rail: Am I not adaptability in action? Am I not evolution in motion? Do you mourn the days you weren’t a star? Do you mourn when the sky was cold, how unbearably hot you must burn to keep embracing it every day?

Page 5: The sun looks at the viewer.

Sun: Why would I? That was then, this is now. I am content to be in this state.

Page 6: The rail looks up at the sun off-screen.

Rail: Well…So am I.

#disability #disability comic #disability poetry #fibromyalgia #spoonie #spoon theory #ableism #poetry #comic #comics #visual poetry #cripple punk #chronic illness

[the-delta-quadrant]

normalise disabled eyes. normalise crossed eyes, normalise lazy eyes, normalise nystagmus, normalise how disabled eyes look and move. stop being shitty to vision impaired people and others with eye conditions about our fucking eyes. our eyes tell you fuck all about how "smart" we are (stop being intellectually ableist anyway), they don't tell you if we're listening, they just tell you that we have an eye condition.

#disabled #disability #low vision #eye conditions #eye condition #eye diseases #vision impaired #blind #blindness #partially sighted #partially blind #visually impaired

[kalethemonster]

what neurotypical abled people cant seem to get into their heads is aids and medication dont stop people from being neurodivergent and/or disabled. hearing aids dont stop deaf or hard of hearing people from being deaf or hard of hearing, it just makes hearing easier mobility aids such as canes or crutches dont stop people with arthritis, chronic pain, or just general mobility issues from having arthritis, chronic pain, or just general mobility issues, it just makes getting around easier

pain medication doesnt stop people with chronic pain stop being in pain (specifically in the long term), it just makes pain management easier

fidget & stim toys and fidget & stim jewelry dont stop people with anxiety from having anxiety, adhd-ers from having fucked up exectutive function, and autistics not being able to automatically regulate emotions and sensory responses, it just makes dealing with them all easier

various adhd medications doesnt make people not have adhd anymore, it just makes it easier to regulate their executive function.

anxiety medication doesnt get rid of anxiety, it just makes it easier to deal with.

white canes and sight specific service animals dont stop blind people and people with sight impairments from being blind or having sight impairments, it just makes living with them easier.

trauma and emotional support specific service animals dont stop people from having trauma and emotional issues, it just makes dealing with them easier

anti-depressants dont stop people with clinical depression from being depressed, they just make it easier to deal with by stabilizing mood.

immune suppressants dont stop people with any autoimmune condition(s) (such as crohn's, psoriasis or psoratic arthritis, rhumitiod arthritis, myasthenia gravis, fibromyalgia, ect.) being affected in any way affected by their autoimmune condition(s), they just make living with the condition(s) easier.

medication and aids arent magic. they dont make the disabled and/or neurodiverse person not disabled and/or not neurodiverse, they dont entirely cancel out the thing they are used/pescribed for, they just make it easier to exist in a world where whats considered "normal" or "independant" or "a regular human being" doesnt automatically include them.

#kale is at his serious table #kale will rip out teeth #disability #disabled #actually disabled #disability rights #neurodivergent #neurodivergence #adhd #autism #autoimmune #chronic illness #chronic pain #deaf #deafawareness #blind #blindness #visual impairment #disability advocacy #neurodiverse advocacy #disability awareness

[teddybearworld]

Question for people who use screen readers or text to speech/audio

When a post on here has lots of emojis, special fonts/text or lots of keysmashes, what is a way to tag those posts so that you guys don't have to sit there listening to nonsense for a minute straight?

Thanks!

#disability #actually disabled #screen reader #screen readers #screen reader user #actually blind #blindness #visually impaired #AAC user #visual impairment #actuallyblind

[yeahyeahbeebiss1]

happy disability pride month to people with vision impairments. nystagmus, strabismus, lazy eyes, low vision, etc! eye problems are so normalized to the point where able bodied people refuse to see people with vision impairments.

i cannot read even the largest letters without glasses. i can’t legally drive! i needed progressives at 17! i can’t open my bad eye outside at all anymore! i’m mad! i’m done with being ignored!

#disability #disability pride month #strabismus #nystagmus #visual impairment #low vision #angry GRAHHH

[andthebeanstalk]

Me: hm, I want something to put on the TV as background noise... Huh. Looks like YouTube is recommending something called The Last Unicorn. That's perfect, it's probably some old shitty animation that has aged poorly! I can watch it ironically!

Me, 2 hours later as the credits roll: *crying, cheering, buying the book, composing the songs*

Me, 2 weeks later: So I have compiled all of the quotes from the book that I think could make good tattoos, and also, HOW HAVE I NEVER LEARNED ABOUT HOW THE LAST UNICORN FUCKING SLAPS??? This gay-ass little fairytale fed my soul! Watered my crops! Transed my gender! Can't believe I heard of this story from youtube recommendations, of all places!!

#original #the last unicorn #tlu #peter s beagle #molly gru #schmendrick #schmendrick the magician #two of my favorite characters in anything right there in the center of the story! and I'm glad I saw the film first! #my reading ability has diminished due to trauma disability etc. but it seems like having a visual reference actually really helped! #no wonder i only ever want to read fan fic! turns out reading is not actually Superior to other types of Storytelling. it's just different. #to say otherwise is snobbishness I have been eminently guilty of in my life! #but like it is easier for me to consume tv and movies and that is fine actually. also that's why I'm doing a graphic novel lol #because i wanted to make something i would actually be able to read if i found it at a library. altho the audio book IS gonna be bomb #the audiobook is for visually impaired readers and anyone who wants or needs it! accessible stories for everyone! yeah!! #my gender was already transed but now I've gained an ADDITIONAL gender! which one? I'll never tell 😘 #i am so powerful i have so much fuckin gender. my wife has no gender. and she is equally as powerful. #and also she has STUDIED THE BLADE #mostly zoro's blades from One Piece #normally YouTube recommends me shit movies like idiocracy or smth this is like if every day ur cat brought you a piece of rotten food and #then one day it brings you a BEAUTIFULLY ANIMATED TALE FEATURING MY BELOVED TWINK FUCK-UP WIZARD FRIEND AND MY ALL-TIME HOMEGIRL MOLLY GRU #and also it's soft and beautiful and funny and fucking weird!! i wrote melodies to the songs in the books on my ukulele

[gayaest]

Chibis of my original characters! 🌈🩷

#id in alt text #my art #art #disabled artist #disabled art #wheelchair user #white cane #original characters #ocs #disabled ocs #lupus #SLE #vitiligo #alopecia areata #Spina Bifida #Spina Bifida Myloneningocele #Visually impaired #Ehlers Danlos Syndrome #quadriplegia #illustration #sketch #chibis

[disabledprincesses]

Visual ID: a meme format from the show The Office where a woman is holding two white cards out. She says “Corporate needs you to find the difference between this picture and this picture,” on one picture it has been edited to say “An autistic adult who just needs stuff written down and headphones sometimes,” and the other says “A literal 4 year old,” The second panel underneath had a picture of the woman who is labeled “(Some) Neurotypical’s” with the subtitle saying “they’re the same picture,” end ID.

#disability #disabled #autism #actuallyautistic #mental health #neurodiversesquad #visual id

[featheredferal]

happy disability pride month to all disabled otherkins & therians out there!

i love you psychically disabled nonhumans, mentally disabled nonhumans, psychotic nonhumans, autistic nonhumans, blind and visually impaired nonhumans, nonhumans who use disability aids, non-speaking or semi-speaking nonhumans, visibly disabled nonhumans, chronically ill nonhumans, nonhumans with ptsd or c-ptsd, nonhumans apart of did/osdd systems, nonhumans who feel their disability affirms their kintype in some way, etc etc. i love all of u <333

#disability pride month #disabled #actually disabled #otherkin #therian #otherkin positivity #therian positivity #actually autistic #did #osdd #osdd1b #actually osdd #actually did #actually blind #blind #visually impaired #physically disabled #tw repetition #angelkin #darkkin #catkin #cat therian #felinekin #caninekin #vampirekin #nonhuman #endos dni #txt

[the-delta-quadrant]

here are some things that would help me as a blind person regarding online accessibility (mobile for me):

- all apps should display all text sizes (iphone goes up to 310%)

- all apps should display bold text if it's turned on in the system settings

- there should be a standard for text size; if my text size is 100% across all apps, then an instagram post, a toot, a text message etc. should all be the same size, no more "instagram and tumblr are always slightly smaller for some reason" bs

- an app's formatting (such as buttons, alerts etc) needs to be compatible with large text! large text doesn't help me if all the buttons are suddenly overlapping or i can't get out of an alert window because they forgot to program the ability to scroll. no more overlapping shit, no more missing shit, no more "i can't get out of this window without closing the app and changing my text size"

- usernames, channel names, all word and sentences should be fully visible even with large text! i don't know what channel "# ge..." is on discord. find a way to make it visible, either make it multiple lines, give me the ability to side scroll or make it move like a spotify song title

- make sure things that shouldn't be affected by large text aren't! if i need to scan a barcode and my large text settings make it unrecognisable to the machine, that's unhelpful

- all apps should have a light mode and a dark mode! certain conditions make it easier to see light mode, others make it easier to see light mode

- dark mode should be as high-contrast as light mode, i.e. white on black, not white on dark grey

- probably have other options beyond regular dark and light mode

- on apps that let you customise your profile a lot visually, give the option to view it in your phones' settings, i.e. if someone's got a dark red on black serif-font tumblr, i wanna be able to make it into a white on black plain font tumblr

- alt text should be accessible without a screenreader

- there should probably be a dedicated field for video descriptions too

- apps that give hashtags a different colour than the rest of the text should let you choose the colour

- all apps should let you view someone's profile picture in full size

- this one is specific to instagram: let us fucking zoom in normally! why do i have to do finger gymnastics just to stay zoomed in and read text on a picture? the zoom should work the same way it does in my photo library and literally everywhere else

most of these shouldn't be that hard and they would make my life a hell of a lot easier. i'm tired of running into issues because i'm too blind to read regular size text.

i WISH it was as simple as "describe your images" and "no fancy fonts", which is something people can easily choose to do to make things a little more accessible, and if they don't, i can unfollow and surround myself with people who post accessible stuff.

but all of the things i listed are things done my developers and not regular users, it's stuff i can't just ignore by surrounding myself with people who care about blind accessibility if the people who create the spaces don't care about blind accessibility.

#and that's not even getting into android's so called large text #disabled #disability #blind #low vision #visually impaired #sight impaired