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for people with sensory processing disorder/migraine sufferers/photophia/anyone who doesnt like bright light who owns an iphone

settings > accessibility > display and text size > reduce white point and adjust as needed

also i find when im close to a meltdown or have sensory overload, colours can be overwhelming, in that case:

settings > accessibility > display and text size > colour filters > greyscale

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You’re always enough. Even if you aren’t as far as you want to be in your healing, even if you haven’t started your healing. You are enough, as you are, and you were always enough. 

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Sensory hack I found: using my phone flashlight to illuminate the bathroom, my bedroom, etc. when the overheads are too bright

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Having trouble with reading stuff? Look, check this. I've been using this for a short while now but it has made a difference.

Here is the website. It's free and cool as fuck.

https://opendyslexic.org/

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You got through the days you worried most about, you got through the weeks you were anxious about, and you got through the months you felt at your worst. Take a moment to be proud of yourself for that, and maybe even reward yourself. I believe in you for going through and doing well in the moments you still have ahead of you.

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Your value is not just based on what you contribute and have to offer. You are valuable simply in your existence.

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TLDR Description  A lady dances to relaxing music, and other dancers behind her outstretch their arms to give the illusion that the arms are her own, until the end when we will all the dancers show their faces to the camera  Audio Description  There is a chorus of women humming the lyrics “Aah-, Aah-, Aah-” In an opera style voice, the instruments of a harp and a piano in the background. 

Full Video Description  The centre of the frame shows a lady in gold clothing, and a tall black and gold hat. Many people stand behind her but are unseen due to the perspective.  Lots of hands appear behind her and stretch out slowly, giving the illusion that all the arms belong to the woman at the front. They form a circle around around her. Each arm has long gold finger extenders, as well as eyes on the palms to give the illusion let are looking at you.  They wave slowly, forward and backward, before retreating quickly behind the woman at the front.  Then, all the hands at the top shoot out quickly to the side, forming a semi-circle above her. The rest of the hands shake and push outwards, completing the circle again.  They retreat, then the arms left that are left in our perspective, put their arms out to the wall with a curve in each of their elbows. Followed by the right side doing the same.  They quickly outstretch to form a semi circle, this time lower, which retreats and changes to a semi circle on the top again.  The arms then form a full circle, however only half of the arms are involved in it, which then leads into the first set of arms being pulled in, being replaced by the other set of arms. The rest of the hands shake and stretch out to fill in the circle, and are pulled in.  The dancers outstretch the left arms to the side with the elbow bent down and the palm facing the wall.  Each of the right arms stretch out fully, then you see all the dancers behind her show their face as they circle their arms. Then they all become hidden again and the dance ends 

The Dance of a Thousand Hands.

#Dancing #video description

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Hello! Please go and follow the blog "accessibleaesthetics" as they both find and make image ID's for pretty images, gifs, videos, and other things.

They also engage in a small amount of disability related discourse if you are interested

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So something super sweet happened yesterday and I want to share it

Ok so I’m in a group watching a few students present something, there are no chairs in the room so we’re all sitting on the floor. I’m in the back, there are two people on either side of me who I know but not closely, and we’re kind of our own row, all sitting in that hug-the-knees-to-the-chest-position.

After a bit, I realize I’ve started rocking side to side, almost imperceptibly. This is normally the point where I would stop, embarrassed, hope no one saw, and double down on the masking. But this time I decide, screw it, who cares, I’m not being disruptive, there’s only two people who might be able to see me out of the corners of their eyes and both of them are fidgeting and having a hard time keeping still themselves. So I let myself rock slightly, and it’s really helping melt away the stress of being in a group setting.

And then! A few minutes later, I see, out of the corner of my eye, that the person to my right, who has been fidgeting and changing positions a lot, also starts to rock, almost imperceptibly, side to side. She rocks a bit, stops, starts again, stops, generally looking like she really wants to but is maybe embarrassed. 

And then! A few moments after that, the person to my left is also rocking a little. She’s had her foot bouncing this whole time, and has been fidgeting with her hands. Ever so slightly, I see her start to rock forward and backward, and soon looking less stressed and fidgety.

All three of us have been looking straight ahead at the presenter this whole time, I doubt the two of them could even see each other with me in the middle. But I just think it’s awesome how unmasking can be contagious, and how letting yourself do the “weird” thing can make other people feel more comfortable to also do what’s natural for them.

TL;DR: Allowed myself to unmask a bit in a group setting and instead of judging me, the two people nearest to me also let themselves unmask.

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Image of a Tweet reads: 

[DOTS RPG project @ DOTSrpg - Jan 4

Happy #WorldBrailleDay! With our work as a nonprofit organization focused on improving#AccessibilityInTabletop, #BrailleDice have been a huge project for us. We hope to release an updated version in 2022 and produce at a factory level, making them available in stores worldwide! 

Followed by an image of seven transparent green polyhedral dice, using Braille numbers on each side, on a soft fuzzy white surface]

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Positive feelings about your disability don't negate your struggles.

Negative feelings about your disability don't make you a failure.

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Knowing I can help others and being the one I needed when I was little, gives me hope

Helping my duplicants in oxygen not included gives me hope

Fellow disabled and/or chronically ill folks!

I need some help! Today, I want to ask you about hope! What gives you hope?

I'm not going to go into details but basically I was disabled, got long COVID, and everything got significantly worse. I've spent the last year making jokes about having a victorian wasting disease (fibro + arthritis, among other things) and how I deserve a victorian fainting couch if I have to put up with this bullshit. Well with my mom's help, I got the cheapest victorian fainting couch I could find. Here's where you come in.

I'm an artist, and my primary mediums are textile arts. Things like crochet, knitting, and embroidery are my go to forms of self expression. I plan to reupholster part of the couch, and when I do that, I'm going to embroider things that give the disabled community hope onto the fabric. So that when I'm in flare hell from my victorian wasting disease, I'm being held up by the hope of the disabled community. To so that, I need to know! What gives you hope?

I don't care how niche. I don't care if 100 people all say "my cat." No hope is too small. No hope is insignificant. I have spent a long time retraining my brain to feel hope and joy, and I want to spread those things! So tell me! What gives you hope?

People who don't have disabilities or chronic illness can reblog this! (The help getting more material for the project is appreciated) And I hope hearing about our hopes brings some positivity into your life.

Thank you!

#Shoutout #what gives you hope?

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Can I share some good news in accessibility? My workplace is trying to become more accessible, so we’re going to have a stairlift installed within the next year or two.

Three cheers for progress! Hope it comes faster by the day.

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um UM apparently you'll be able to turn off flashing during storms in the minecraft java 1.18 update

please tell everyone, this is actually very important, i'm just too excited to process this.

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I think I will romanticize my aids. Ear defenders are cyberpunk, actually. My cane looks cool. My stim toys are funky. I look cozy in my sweater and gloves

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The brand of mask is quantum

Accessible Face Masks

Cotton face masks with clear windows where the lips are supposed to be covered. This pack of 3 was only $9.99! Great for reading lips and making communication easier for people of all abilities. Getting these from now on.

In solidarity,

- A

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also it helps me walk or whatever

[ID: a digitally drawn two-panel comic. / Image 1: Text reads: “How I expected using a cane would feel:” Panel depicts a miserable person in tattered clothes, hunched over a cane and shaking as she walks. / Image 2: Text reads: “How it actually feels:” Panel depicts the same person, now standing tall and wearing flowing wizard robes and a long white beard. Her cane is at her side, glowing with magic, and she looks confident and powerful. /End ID]