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 LovelaceDec 29, 2022
@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.
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 threadLottie

@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_

Dec 30, 2022 at 11:23amWeb