Gary ParkerThe Insurance Buys The Wheelchair, But Not The App To Run It
#enshittification #accesibiity
#disability
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/09/the-insurance-buys-the-wheelchair-but-not-the-app-to-run-it/
John GodslandNavigating airport security with folks with #accesibiity needs. All was good until one of the bags was flagged for an extra security check and we had to stand around waiting for it to be processed. No seating can be a problem.
SKUNK 🏳️⚧️after looking into bionic reading I've found that there's not much consideration or research into whether it's beneficial to #adhd and #dyslexia havers. I've seen plenty of (probably neurotypical) people upset about the very idea of #bionicreading being helpful to anyone and calling it a grift.
But I think neurodivergent folks know best just how different people's reading needs can be. I've felt a noticable benefit using it.
Neurodivergent BC 
If you use #Apple devices and are sensitive to flashing lights, you may want to install the new #iOS 16.4 update as there’s a new accessibility feature that allows your #iPhone to automatically dim the sceeen when #flashinglights and #strobe effects appear. Just make sure you turn it on after installing the update. Some other useful features this brings include new #emoji, #voiceover in the #weather app, #notifications for web #apps, improved #duplicate photo detection as well as improved #crashdetection.
#accesibiity #epilepsy #photosensitivty #stobelights
#accesibiity #epilepsy #photosensitivty #stobelights
Est3laI keep seeing posts reminding people to make photos accessible by adding descriptions, but I haven’t seen any posts with resources of how to make better descriptions. We tend to describe images from our able body perspective and I would like to know what people with vision impairment value in descriptions. A quick search lead me to this https://www.perkins.org/resource/how-write-alt-text-and-image-descriptions-visually-impaired/ Any other resources? #accesibiity
Fred CoppersmithFor that matter, what’s the best way to handle formatting like italics and bold for web screen-readers? Are <strong> for bold and <em> for italics the best tags to use? #accesibiity