October is Blind Awareness Month, a time to spotlight vision loss and uplift the blind and visually impaired community. Check out this article to prepare and spread awareness:
https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/community/october-is-blind-awareness-month-shining-a-light-on-vision-loss-and-community-support-5331893
#BlindAwarenessMonth #DisabilityAwareness #InclusionMatters #AccessibilityForAll
October is Blind Awareness Month: Shining a light on vision loss and community support

This October, Hastings and Rother Voluntary Association for the Blind (HRVAB) is proud to join the global movement to raise awareness about visual impairment and its impact on individuals and families. Throughout the month, we will be sharing a series of compelling articles and stories on our Facebook page, highlighting the challenges faced by those with sight loss and showcasing the vital services we provide to support our community.

SussexWorld

This #BlindAwarenessMonth, we are teaming up with @[email protected] to highlight the importance of an accessibility tool known as “Alt Text”, crucial for partially sighted and blind people online! 🧑‍🦯💻

Follow the 3 simple steps below and let’s make social media an accessible place fur photo.
- Select “+Alt” next to the photo.
- Type your description and select done.
#AltText

Joining @[email protected] on #BlindAwarenessMonth & #WorldSightDay to highlight the importance of an accessibility tool known as “Alt Text”, which is crucial for partially sighted & blind people online📷 #AltTextIt
I was completely unaware of the "Alt Text" tool until I was alerted to it by @[email protected] - please support him in highlighting the importance of it for #blindawarenessmonth - @[email protected] has done a brilliant job of doing so here. https://twitter.com/JNorthcroft/st…
Jonathan Northcroft on X

This #BlindAwarenessMonth & #WorldSightDay, please support @ThatBlindLad in highlighting the importance of an accessibility tool known as “Alt Text”, crucial for partially sighted & blind people online!🧑‍🦯💻 Let’s make social media an accessible place for all!🙌🏻 #AltTextIt

X (formerly Twitter)

@naomilawsonjacobs I just wonder how they came up with October for #BlindAwarenessMonth were they like ‘well the phrase blind as a bat is big right now and it does get darker earlier in the evenings and you know it has Halloween so yer let’s make blind awareness month October blind as a bat and all that it all work’. 😂

*most bats actually have quite good vision at night.

** bats are cute but the phrase blind as a bat [that can see] is still #Ableist