Disability and Accessibility

Mavis Tech is the manufacturer of the Viaro assistive smartglasses

That's one legit and worthwhile use case of AI and cameras concealed in glasses.

Interesting and informative video on the winter paralympics classification system.

It’s similar to drinking orange juice after brushing your teeth.

Not sure what chemical reaction happens, but it’s vile, and it lingers.

A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities whose parents or relatives receive SNAP benefits.

I have special feet and these are my new special boots. And they're awesome!

It took the shoemaker over 6 months to make them, but they're perfect. Someone's gonna be hiking everywhere soon 🙂

Yes, I know, they're just shoes. But they're something special to me. Today is a good day!

Hello

I hope it's okay i post here, as I'm not physically disabled, but i can't find much else.

Is there a way to get an ABI/TBI diagnosed? Would it show up on a CT/MRI? I had a history of massive SU attempts. So I'm wondering if that may have caused brain damage. I spoke to my doctor, and I got assessed for ADHD, and the psychiatrist i saw said no to ADHD. I spoke to my GP today about some other stuff, and i brought up the ADHD assessment. She said it could possibly be an ABI from my history, so I'm wondering..... what do i do with this?

As part of Accessibility Week, Fundación Jean Maggi and VML Argentina unveiled the MONSTER CHAIR, a striking wheelchair with oversized wheels designed to spotlight a problem that is as common as it is frustrating: cars blocking access ramps and limiting accessibility in our cities.

MET! Thank you to every kind soul who uplifted me! Blessings to you. I'm safe for another month. 🐻🫂

The numbers below include a fee I tried to avoid. Such a waste, that coulda been the phone bill or food, or some chronically unmet need.

But alas...

Needed today. https://linktr.ee/khernandez

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MAGA maximum cruelty at work once again.

cross-posted from: https://lazysoci.al/post/43438786

cross-posted from: https://lazysoci.al/post/42391352

Dear all.

I am very sad to inform everyone that our friend Didier died last week.

Early 2015, I asked on the slackware list if brltty could be added in the installer ; Didier answered promptly that he could do it on slint. Afterwards, he worked hard so that slint became as accessible as possible for visually impaired people.

You all know that all these years, he tried and succeeded to answer as quickly as possible to our issues and questions.

He will be irreplaceable.

…Should Have Used Challenged, Instead Of Negative Framing Term, Disabilities!!!!!

Repo: https://github.com/ctsdownloads/easyspeak/tree/dev?tab=readme-ov-file#easyspeak

cross-posted from: https://rblind.com/post/17753100

In this article, I will discuss the details of 10 innovations throughout history that were only possible through unlocking the power of accessibility and including the voices of people with disabilities. In the disability community, it is a deeply believed and often repeated fact that improving accessibility leads to innovations that improve the world for everyone. Necessity is the mother of invention is, after all, a proverb so frequently quoted that it has become a cliché. And yet, people with disabilities still find ourselves left out of research and design, and all too often we don’t get a seat at the product development table. This leaves our inventions overlooked, unrecognized, and sometimes unrealized.

Decades after her act of defiance, Rosa Parks galvanized a cadre of activists to protest their own conditions and, though the scope of her legacy for them is still coming into focus, it remains just as powerful.

They were fighting for disability access, and, like Parks, they used public transportation as a springboard.

The disability rights movement took shape against the backdrop of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, growing in size with each passing year. By the 1980s, it had made strides, successfully passing legislation and increasing the visibility of people living with disabilities.

But on roads and rails, small advances made in bus accessibility throughout the years did little to meet the needs of commuters with disabilities, whose use of public transportation was severely limited. Oftentimes, they were relegated to using separate services entirely, relying on transit services such as Dial-a-Ride, which required passengers to request a pickup and were frequently unreliable.

In 1984, something changed. In Chicago, about a dozen wheelchair-bound activists from the disability rights group ADAPT placed themselves in front of city buses to protest the Chicago Transit Authority’s decision to purchase more than 350 buses — none of which were accessible to them due to the city’s refusal to pay for wheelchair lifts.

The demonstration was reminiscent of Parks’ own protest that had taken place more than 700 miles south and nearly 30 years prior, when she refused to vacate her seat for a White passenger. As law enforcement officers arrived at the scene, a single sentence was emblazoned on each of the protesters’ name tags: “My name is Rosa Parks.”

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/31003562

• Of the 193 members of the United Nations, 164 signed the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, agreeing to provide access as a right for all people to effectively participate in society, but many fall short when it comes to outdoor spaces.
• Researchers reviewed accessibility features provided by UNESCO Biosphere Reserves for physical, sensory, mental, and cognitive disabilities.
• They found that while more than half of the Reserves provide access for people with some physical disabilities, most do not appear to accommodate sensory, cognitive, or mental disabilities.

Maybe the socks were just to fund this.

This week, while trying to catch up on schoolwork, I've been discovering all the things that put my body into nap mode, and wow, it’s a lot. Pillows, recliner angles, even kicking my feet up can flip the switch from "study" to "sleep."
It's been like running my own ergonomic lab this week, testing what keeps me awake vs. what puts me to sleep.
Turns out I focus way better with my feet supported, but that's tricky when you’re short and most setups aren't built for you. Fully kicking my feet up feels nice… until I wake up two hours later wondering what happened.
I can't tell you how many hours I've lost to nap mode when I was trying to study, but maybe now that won't happen anymore.
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