Mx. Amadi LovelaceDec 29, 2022
Reminding leftists once again that their car free walkable utopian ideals are ableist and exclusionary, and that they need to:
a) prioritize accessibility, not walkability;
b) listen to disabled people;
c) think inclusively rather than starting from a premise that removes some people from their vision;
d) listen to disabled people;
e) listen to disabled people.
Show threadLuna CorbdenDec 29, 2022
@amaditalks @shrinkthinks I’ve been yelled at by so many anti-car types when I’ve mentioned my difficulties riding a bus. Instead of thinking about the problem. Not to mention my pondering how I would have gotten groceries as a single parent with an infant. They don’t think about families, either.
Show threadMx. Amadi Lovelace
@corbden @shrinkthinks disability is at the center of my focus as a disabled person but the needs of parents of small kids, etc. is also an accessibility issue. We have reframed accessibility as solely a disability issue which has been a way of further marginalizing disabled people and making our demands for universal access a special pleading rather than a clarion call for justice for all people.
Dec 29, 2022 at 5:52pmTootle for Mastodon
Show threadmyrmepropagandistDec 29, 2022

@amaditalks

I became interested in alt text because my niece is legally blind and I hate the idea of her missing out. But, I became an even bigger cheerleader when I realized how many people myself included benefit from image descriptions in a whole host of ways.

A lot of things are like that.

Disabled people are leading ya'll to better design. Just better, not "special accommodations."

Show threadTofu GolemDec 29, 2022
@futurebird @amaditalks
Alt text has been part of the HTML standard since HTML 1.2. While I try to remember to use alt text in everything (say, in blog posts), almost no one complains when I don't. That always bugged me, and I'm glad Mastodon is different.
Show threadCoffeetestDec 29, 2022
@futurebird @amaditalks universal design makes for better buildings, products and services for everyone. The mindset has to change from checking the compliance checkbox to let's make this better.
#universalDesign #accommodation #compliance
Show threadjojoeffeDec 29, 2022
@futurebird @amaditalks inclusive design benefits everyone, just as inclusion in general benefits everyone 💕
Show threadSo‑Called VaughnDec 29, 2022

@futurebird @amaditalks @moira
It’s also handy for the colorblind who can’t always make out the tiny detail that’s the whole point of the image.

It could benefit a lot of #InMemoriam posts where you wonder “Uh, Who Dat?” 🤔 😝

Show threadmivox Dec 30, 2022

@vaughnsc Ummm… did you really post that image without alt text in this context? 😆

@amaditalks @moira @futurebird

Show threadSo‑Called VaughnDec 30, 2022
@mivox Egads; thought I had… fixed!
Show threadmivox Dec 31, 2022
@vaughnsc I think the bottom two are Loretta Lynn and Angela Landsbury. 🤔
Show threadSo‑Called VaughnDec 31, 2022
@mivox I do believe you’re right. That leaves Coolio (the evening news had a segment on the same topic)
Show threadLottieDec 30, 2022

@futurebird @amaditalks

It feels like it should be an easy sell. Alt text has made things so much better for me just because i like online jokes, and like everyone else i will become increasingly disabled over the course of my life.
I could come purely from self interest and still only benefit from that better design, not least of which because it means _i get to be around more disabled people more often_

Show threadLot⁴⁹Dec 30, 2022
@futurebird @amaditalks They're often fun to write.