Hi. I feel like as a colour blind person with poor eyesight I should talk about how inaccessible Hazbin Hotel and Helluva boss are.

THIS is how Hazbin Hotel looks to me (give or take, once again COLOUR BLIND). This is bad. This is REALLY bad. When your series is really hard to watch for people with VERY COMMON DISORDERS, you need to work on designing characters. Please. Really, this is horrible! It’s not even that hard, just change the colours up a bit.

i love you disposable and reusable straws. i love you sippy cups. i love you cups and containers with handles. i love you tiny utensils and toothbrushes. i love you ergonomic art supplies. i love you lap desks. i love you wireless electronics. i love you cushioned surfaces. i love you automatic and press to open doors. i love you wide seats and high weight limits. i love you adjustable clothes, furniture, mobility aids, etc etc. i love you accessibility and comfort.

Hiya! I'm writing a character with dwarfism (achondroplasia specifically) and I had a quick question. She's a minor background character but I wanted her to still be represented properly and accurately. I'd like for her to be a baker and this is in a medieval fantasy setting.

What are things I should keep in mind as she works in a kitchen? My main concern is the best way for her to get around the kitchen, like going from one counter to the next.

I also want to make sure I don't have her doing any tasks that would hurt her, or show her doing things that would be impossible to do (like bending a certain way).

Would things like kneading dough, mixing ingredients, etc. cause any issues with pain? Obviously it depends on the person but I just wanted to check since most things I see online mention pain in the spine and legs, and reduced joint mobility.

I imagine it would be hard for her to stand for long periods, would a specific type of chair or back brace help? Are there any specific models of chairs you know/like that I can use as a reference for drawing her chair?

Hello!! I'm very passionate about this question as I myself am a baker with dwarfism!! I went to college for it and worked for a while, but most bakeries don't want disabled folks in the kitchen - so my career has changed to customer service while I sort out what I want to do (likely tattooing or something artsy).

Here's some things that would make the kitchen more accessible to your character with dwarfism:

Lower counters, or platforms/stools throughout so she can access her work space

Sinks with long handles (possibly an attachment) for easy reaching. Keep in mind that most LP have a shorter reach as well as height, so long counters and deep sinks can pose an obstacle.

Smaller tools to account for her hand size - stainless steel bowls that are lightweight and easy to carry

Yes, kneading and mixing could cause pain if she has arthritis, which many little people do - she may choose to wear a wrist brace, use a stand mixer, or take frequent brakes

Her apron will be long on her, so she'll likely hike it up at the waist when she ties it

Seating areas, such as near the stove when brakes are available, is something I find I need, but she may or may not depending on her capabilities and leg pain. Her chair would have short legs and a shallow seat with good back support.

She may choose to have other people carry hot pots of water or spill able things to the sink, as getting off and on a stool/platform with such things are a safety risk. She'll likely carry thing like that on her hip.

When I was in baking school I bought a lot of my own tools - smaller and lighter rolling pins, grips for lids, wooden tongs to reach things and turn on elements, etc.

I hope this helps! - E

Okay, so i need to vent and rant about inaccessible places.

Today i went to a school trip to a big news organization in my country, and it’s just so fucking awful, draining and disappointing to see that one of two of the most important news outlets in my country is barely accessible to disabled people (i.e. Ramps scattered in inconvinient places). Because, i’m about to graduate, and it just makes me so mad, tired and discouraged from getting a job that even an important organization like that is proud that OUT OF 140,000 PEOPLE WORKING ON IT, 6 (6!!) ARE DISABLED. The tour was awful btw, not in the sense that it wasn’t interesting but in the sense that i was fucking humilliated because to be at a breakfast the organization made for our school, 3 people had to carry me with my wheelchair through a huge set of stairs, and i felt ashamed, scared that i might fall and just plain tired. Also, when we went to see the tv sets, ALL OF THEM didn’t have a ramp and i had to be carried to access again. The cherry on top to this horrible experience was that an executive singled me out, praising me like this “My boy, you’re so brave for being here, because you are an inspiration to us all that willpower is everything you need to get a job”.

Fuck off.

This, however, inspired me more to make changes in our society to challenge ableist attitudes and discrimination for people with disabilities.

I’m so fucking tired of asking for the bare minimum, but i know my struggles and other disabled people out there who are fighting this, will help other disabled people to never have to experience bullshit like this again.

UGH.

[Image ID: a cobbled sidewalk, the stones are very separated with mud in between. The sidewalk goes down onto a cobbled street, these are closer together, there's almost no space in between. Some cars can be seen in the corners of the image]

I love this kind of streets. I've been an environmental activist since I found out it was a thing at around 8 years old. Cobbled streets instead of paved help rain be absorbed faster and promote the growth of plants not only between the stones but also around the street. They help prevent flooding while also making cities more sustainable. They're awesome.

I hate this kind of streets. I became physically disabled at around 16. I have inflammatory arthritis and use forearms crutches. On rainy days, my arthritis makes me need more support from my crutches. Also on rainy days, cobbled streets become incredibly slippery, paved streets a bit less. These kind of streets make it very dangerous for me to go out on rainy says. They're awful.

I don't know where this is going, I kind of just had a long bus ride to kill. If your environmentalism makes it impossible for certain people to live their lives, it needs to be edited.

(This doesn't necessarily mean there's a good and a bad option: flooded streets are also impossible to navigate with crutches. But you have to be able to establish a dialogue)

Not wanting to derail posts, but I thought I'd write my own about my experiences as a both mentally and physically disabled person.

Yes, my neurodivergence and chronic illnesses coexist and aren't comparable when it comes to their impacts on my life. No, they're not all the same either.

I can remove myself from an overwhelming, triggering, sensory overloading situation. I can use measures to protect myself (noise canceling headphones, sunglasses, stimming, comfort items). I can unmask and fuck what other people think. I can choose to not be there even.

But I've taken my mobility aids to public places and people working there have tried to prevent me from entering with them. Have tried to take my mobility aids from me. Have tried to make me leave my mobility aids at the door. I can't even take the subway in some cities because I can't get through the too narrow ticket scan isles with my rollator. I've fallen on gods know how many stairs and tripped over gods know how many things on the ground. I've had to make do with a cane or forearm crutches how many times because it just wasn't possible to have my rollator with me, and ended up in severe pain and fatigue or getting hurt.

Yeah, my autism and mental illnesses suck balls and there are days when they're more unbearable than others. However, they don't make me fear for my life that's for damn sure.

do you know of any clothing brands that are for plus sized men? pretty much all the articles ive seen talking about "the BEST plus sized brands!!!" are basically exclusively womens clothing brands

So true!! I’m glad you asked! Here are some stores I found for plus sized men’s clothing!

bearskn

Chubstr

King Size

Gc2b - plus size binders!

ASOS

Big Boy Season 365

Boohoo Men’s

Bonobos

DXL

Target

Johnny Bigg

SHEIN Men’s

Limitless XL

Old Navy

Wrangler

Bad Rhino

You're the leader of an adventuring party, and one of your new party members is from a flying race. He's mostly humanoid, but with bat-like wings and somewhat animal like feet.

After hiring him on you learn that he can't fly. Something happened to his wing a few years ago that makes it incredibly painful to extend, the type of pain someone can't fly through for long. He initially didn't want to talk about it, but you reinsure him that none of your other party members can fly so it shouldn't matter. With his wing constantly folded he's basically just a human/elf, he's not less capable than anyone else.

After a while you find out that he's exiled from his home city because of his wing. His race lives far off enough so that you really don't know anything about their culture, but from that alone it sounds pretty brutal. He doesn't really explain much, but he's very sure that there's no way he could possibly live in his homeland with his wing like that.

Your party tries to comfort him as best as they can about his body. Eventually he seems to see himself as valuable despite his wing. Eventually he seems to have fully recovered his self-image, at least as much as you ever expect him to.

Eventually your party has work in his home city. This is the place that exiled him, you understand why he wouldn't want to go. But he insists everything is going to be fine.

The city is completely impossible to navigate without wings. You can only manage by being confined to chariots drawn by giant hawks many of the people drive. Almost every shop and house has a door that leads out to open air. Floors of buildings are rarely connected by stairs. Even streets one could walk down are rare.

Nobody is bigoted against your party member for not being able to fly, nor do they seem to look down on you for it. But most of them will get a bit mad if you complain about not being able to navigate the area without wings. And you do feel a bit weird trying to tell a culture you don't know to rebuild their cities, it's not like they even really could if you want to.

Eventually you all move on to work in another area over. You really wanted this issue to have some sort of evil king to fight about it. There's nothing you can do about it, at least not as a small band of outsiders. Adventurers are notoriously bad at solving problems that they can't fight, scam or seduce.

r/transcribers of reddit will be closing on the 30th due to the API changes, reddit does not have a built in transcription option, this is essentially the final blow to blind and visually impaired users on reddit.

since the topic of the week seems to be accesibility, i want to mention some accesibility issues i've encountered that just... don't seem to be talked about.

so. my sense of direction sucks. that's something i've accepted - i can orient myself via landmarks, but that isn't always possible (both because sometimes there aren't any landmarks/ones i can easily remember, and because sometimes i need more specific directions; i could guide you through a forest, but sadly i am not a deer, so). it's equal parts the autism messing up my ability to navigate certain enviroments, and the brain fog making it so that sometimes i just. get lost. i also cannot walk for too long, nor can i stand up still too much.

as you may guess, getting lost is... kind of a big issue. some of my friends, who do not have these struggles and/or have them differently, are able to either orient themselves quicker or keep walking until they find a spot they know - this is a good solution for them! it's not doable for me, though. i also can't often ask for directions, because stress tends to cause me to lose speech (and pain, too - since standing/walking tends to be painful, well...).

this means that, say, even if i'm on a building fully accesible for my mobility issues (meaning elevators, scalators, etc*), if it isn't accesible for my navigation issues (like, say, it doesn't have maps easy to see, signs indicating where certain landmarks are, etc), then i cannot use the building. not alone, at least.

in an emergency, i'm fucked - not because i couldn't get to the exit/a safe spot physically, but because i wouldn't be able to know how to get there. and "following people" also isn't easy - crowds are so deeply overwhelming that most of the time i'm unable to follow them**, and i'm also slow at walking, so even being able to keep up with people isn't always possible (or likely).

places i've enjoyed going and considered accesible to these specific issues had big maps not too far from each other and clear signs indicating main landmarks (bathrooms, food courts, STAIRS i cannot thank the people in charge of the signage enough for marking where stairs/escalators/elevators are, etc). sadly at least where i live this isn't really common - a lot of the signage is small or unclear, there's like one map at most.

*i am not including ramps on this list because my mobility issues, and the fact that i don't use mobility aids, make it so they're sometimes harder for me to use - they're really important but this is a personal experience post.

**as in i will freeze and/or run on the other direction to avoid bad sensory input. during high stress situations and without someone as support i cannot stay in a crowd.

The English subtitles on Blue Period on Netflix are atrocious, it's okay for me because I just have sensory processing problems and the show is in English, but I can't imagine how bad it is for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or speak a different language(I don't know if the non-English subtitles are any better). This is a real problem with shows, their accessibility features just aren't accessible. Sure, it might not seem like a big deal to most that the sentences are phrased differently, but it's unfair for people to not get to understand what a show is saying because people are lazy with the subtitles and other accessibility features. Not to mention that some of it takes away from jokes or changes information. Do better.

Since we're on topic for disability pride month, I have a question:

I've seen people use the ALT text on the image to write the image description, and I've seen others write the ID below the image. Is there a reason why some don't use the ALT feature? Other than it's not very easy to use.

Do the text-to-speech apps work better with one method rather than the other?

Please reblog/answer in comments, ty!

okay but does anyone tips for applying nail polish with shaky hands?? i am Suffering out here ):

I have sent, yet ANOTHER support ticket to Tumblr about the reporting strobing autoplay ads not working and not even removing the relevant ads from the site or even my dashboard.

Heavily considering putting in a formal complaint with the appstore or my country’s consumer affairs department over this, because I keep getting days-long migraines from this and people I know have had to stop using the site entirely. Yet suspiciously, I’m getting more and more ‘buy ad-free’ notifications whenever I open the app.

Accessibility shouldn’t be a paywalled fucking feature on your website, that’s illegal and goes against the disability discrimination act. I want to, as a disabled person, be able to socialise online without having to pay for my goddamn health and safety.

Watch them delete my blog for talking up about this lmao 🤭

DISCORD'S NEW UI IS HARMFUL TO USERS!! Discord's new mobile UI is inaccessible and downright dangerous to it's mobile users. It has caused me severe migraine headaches and sensory overwhelm so severe that I can't use the mobile app anymore because there are no low contrast options. The images flicker when loaded, and could end up causing seizures for people who are photosensitive. The app is now also extremely hard to navigate, confusing for everyone, and even crashes screen readers, meaning people who use them literally just cannot message their friends on discord anymore. This NEEDS to change, URGENTLY. Many disabled people, mentally ill people and otherwise vulnerable people rely on messaging apps like discord because they cannot leave their houses or socialize in other ways for a variety reasons. Send support tickets, sign the petition, share this post and other posts like it. THEY CANNOT JUST IGNORE THE NEEDS OF DISABLED AND OTHERWISE IMPAIRED INDIVIDUALS. LINKS AND RESOURCES: Change.org petition:

Discord's support forums:

Discord's support ticket/Email system:

God, as someone with dyslexia and ADHD who just started uni, research papers are so fucking inaccessible.

Who’s brilliant idea was it to use the smallest font ever, make the spacing between lines and paragraphs the same and divide everything into columns.

My eyes are so strained and I get so lost when I read them.

Also, this is a paper on psychology, so shout out to psychologists! As if I needed to have another gripe with how psychology treats people with neurodivergences, mental illness, psychological disabilities and other psychological conditions.