#accessible posts

[teoriaespacial]

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!

#alt text #image description in alt #image described #image description #disability pride month #disability pride #eyesight disabilities #blindness #help #text #accesibility #accessible posts #accessibility

[inky-thoughts]

hey, so, I've been wondering for quite some time now how to properly describe images/specifically my art, ESPECIALLY because I mostly draw my original characters and I'm pretty sure no-one will know their names. any tips/ideas? if you're an artist, how do you go about describing your art?

pls help a gal out! 🙏

#image description #accessible posts #accessibility #art #artists on tumblr #inky rambles

[rjalker]

anyways if you have to scroll forever to find an image description or transcript, when you reblog it, comment, on the post, "Image description is here", so that the next person desperately scrolling through the reblogs will be able to find it!

#accessibility #image descriptions #accessible posts

[scuttlebatt]

I Have Found A Solution!

So, obviously classic wizard robes aren’t wheelchair friendly. (Alright, admittedly this isn’t common knowledge and also this definitely isn’t a problem for most but listen, this is a problem for me and I’m pleased to present a solution for it nonetheless.)

The issue is in the sleeves and the length of the robes. The traditional trumpet style allows them to get snagged, dirty, and caught in the wheels.

This is distinctly not an issue with other mobility aids such as canes and crutches, these wizards are fine to carry on with their trumpet sleeves simply rolled up if needed.

Now, one solution might simply to shorten the sleeves and hem to be out of the way, but that looks rather silly so I won’t do that. Instead I propose the more elegant design of a hanging sleeve to maintain that flowy magical feel while allowing for better range of motion.

Honestly I just love the look of hanging sleeves in general and think more people should appreciate them, wheelchair user or not.

In conclusion…

#this is basically free character design hacks baybe so go make your fantasy worlds accessible and inclusive or else #digital illustration #wizard posting #wheelchair wizards #my art

[coolerdracula]

saying “visual style" because, for example, if you would swap your current wardrobe for an identical, ethically made counterpart, there would be no visible change

#bearer of the curse #polls #I said a lot bc I don't wear a lot of what I enjoy due to sensory stuff and also like ... ethical considerations #btw I made this post bc I really don't like how some people think that people 'dress boring' simply bc theyre boring #like. fashion is not as accessible as it should be! to most people! #so i wanted to see how people felt #also fat people I love you I know a massive part of this inaccessibility is fatphobia in the fashion industry

[universalaccesszine]

Hello! Welcome to the start of Universal Access. This is a prospective, hopeful zine I made to think about ways we could design our lives and spaces to make them accessible from the outset, rather than as an addition. It is set in a post-scarcity, post-capitalist, post-first-contact-with-aliens Utopia, with hover chairs, advanced hearing aids and haptic devices, and trains that smell good all of the time. The characters featured here are 

Alex (Yellow Eyes): A Deaf man and hearing aid user with a passion for boxing 

Tea (Dark blue eyed woman) A wheelchair user with a passion for gardening

Jack (Green eyes) An epileptic and autistic man with a passion for Most Things

Disclaimer: I make a specific effort here to avoid speaking in terms of ‘cure’, even though I know that, for some disabled people, that is what they would choose if given the option. I acknowledge that disability as an identity is multivalence and nuanced. I acknowledge that my experiences are not universal. This project is meant to emphasize agency in a world where we are able to have options, and weigh those options purely on our own desires. 

#universalaccesszine #accessibility #wheelchair #wheelchair users #webcomic #digital zine #alt text included #alt text #back of the fleet #accessible posts #id in alt text #digital art #digital illustration #digital drawing #deafness #disability rights #disabilities #disability aids #hard of hearing #epilepsy #disabled characters

[thelostmoongazer]

Undivided attention

#if your subcribed to my patreon you would have seen this early #check pinned for my patreon if you want early access to stuff like this! #lego monkie kid #lmk #lmk fanart #lmk sun wukong #lmk mk #moon art #digital #comic #long post #context to this is that i like dad!wukong head canons #and i like to think that wukong took care of mk for the first couple of years of his life before he dropped him on pigsy's doorstep

[syrren]

“The artist becomes the canvas!” - TMAGP 002: Making Adjustments

#tma #the magnus protocol #tmagp #the magnus archives #fanart #the magnus protocol spoilers #tw: body horror #kinda??? #this is the most vague fanart i could possibly post im so sorry #i swear i've also started drawing the actual. yaknow. characters? #but for personal reasons episode two hit so close to home for a second I thought Alex j newall had acquired access to my medical records #so I had to get this out of my system LOL #myart

[thedreadvampy]

people seriously pretending EEAAO is overrated suddenly bc it swept awards? it swept awards largely because it is very very very good. I cried like someone who's just had a religious revelation BOTH times I watched it bc it touched something raw and real and beautiful but it was also just very, very funny. everyone's performance kills and the concept is creative and interesting and doesn't distract from the emotional core. you guys are just contrarian.

#red said #also there are posts and tweets like THIS IS JUST FOR MCU FANS #like please go on demonstrating how you've adopted 'mcu fan' as a shorthand for 'person who likes films i don't' #or 'person who likes films that are popular' #because the defining features of mcu films are that they're high budget irony poisoned derivative works #targeted at a broad audience so aiming to be accessible and inoffensive #and it really seems. like 'accessible' is the part of that you object to #bc EEAAO is a highly original A24 indie film with a 14.5m budget which is NOTHING #it's made mostly with practical effects and sets #and most importantly it's beautifully painfully earnest. it's never trying to shy away or go Hey Look How Silly This Is 😏 #everything is driven by its earnest desire to talk about specific themes #i think the people comparing it negatively to mcu films are stuck on the fact that it's about a multiverse and it's got jokes #and colourful action scenes #but they miss that the referential jokes (like racacoonie) and setpieces aren't the point of the film

[milk-lover]

Sobbing uncontrollably reading through a dissertation about the college experience of students with ADHD. It is like reading a report about my life that just says over and over "My experiences are real. My hardships are real. I am not lazy, I am not dumb. My struggles were not my fault, and they were not a moral failing. The failure was with the system, not with me."

Here's a line that got me in particular:

"Hotez et al.(2022) compared the health, academic, and non-academic capacities of a nationally representative sample of U.S. first-year college students with ADHD and without ADHD. Students with ADHD self-reported lower academic aspirations and more feelings of depression and overwhelm, ranking themselves lower in their general emotional health. The fact that students with ADHD scored in the highest 10th percentile for many non-academic traits, such as artistic ability, computer skills, creativity, public speaking, social confidence, self-understanding and understanding of others, compassion, and risk-tasking, suggests that this population has strengths that are frequently underappreciated in academia."

(the paper is a thesis called "Understanding the Collegiate Experience for Students With ADHD" by Gia Long, 2022)

#adhd #actually adhd #i often hyperbolize but i am dead serious when i say sobbing uncontrollably. this is why i was putting off this assignment. #1000 years of hell to professors who assign self-reflection papers /hj #i dont feel comfy posting the pdf bc its not mine butttt.. i will share it to people who dm me. #edit: pages 80-85 #edit: thank you to everyone who reached out and asked for the pdf!! i wasn’t expecting this reaction #keep reaching out I’ll keep sending it #if anyone is interested but struggles to read academic papers pls ask me for help bc I’ve gotten a lot of practice with them and am Glad to #expand someone’s access to a paper like this

[lazylittledragon]

i refuse to believe that boycotting is hard. my favourite thing in the world is ordering maccies after a late night at work/a concert/getting drunk. yes i do miss it sometimes. but the other night i ordered from a small place near my house instead and it was the most orgasmic burger i've ever had in my life. i very rarely say this but fucking suck it up people are DEAD

#ramble #also only 0.29 delivery instead of 3.99 #and chilli cheese bites #i swear to god the best food you'll ever eat while drunk is from the tiny shithole that's open until 4am #if you're refusing to do literally the smallest thing you can do to help then i have questions #it's FOOD. you'll survive #it's not even NECESSARY food #if it was like a chain grocery place and you don't have access to anything else then i would understand #but it's just NOT #make your own coffee for the love of god #when there is NOTHING you can do to stop this fucking tragedy. and let's be honest there isn't a lot normal people can do #and people say to you 'do this insignificant thing just to show that you even CARE' #and you DON'T do that???? what is actually wrong with you #also i've been worried about this since my last post about sbucks but this is Not an attack on the people who WORK at the boycotted places #because it is an absolute privilege to be able to leave your job and immediately find a new one

[chiscribbs]

I had an idea for a one-off Rise episode plot and just wanted to quickly sketch up some visuals for it.

The plot goes as follows: Donnie attempts to invent a cloning machine and, due to some kind of science-y mishap, ends up cloning himself...a lot. But there's a catch to this - the clones aren't exact copies of Donnie, they each possess just ONE of the various facets of his personality (i.e. brainy, broody, sarcastic, passionate, dramatic, mischievous, etc.) and a small portion of his mystic powers. Don tries his darnedest to keep the whole situation under wraps while he searches for a way to fix it, but some of the more rambunctious Donnies quickly escape and begin stirring up trouble in the Lair, so it doesn't stay a secret for very long. To make matters worse - the real Donnie starts to slowly disappear (something having to do with his existence being divided among the Donnies or blahblahblah fake science explanation). So, while he and the scientist Donnies continue to look for a way to reverse the cloning effect, his brothers and Co. set to work gathering up all the other Donnies so they can put them back where they belong and keep Donnie Prime™ from vanishing.

Hilarity, wholesomeness (and some mild angst) ensues.

(Note: I meant to include April in that second-to-last image, but ran out of room. Just know that she, Splinter, and probably Casey Jr. are all there, as well.)

#I always love plots that have a healthy mix of whimsy and emotional weight. Bonus for DT bonding. #rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #disaster twins #rottmnt donnie #rise donnie #donatello hamato #rottmnt leo #rise leo #leonardo hamato #technically all the boys are in there but I'll just tag the ones with the most focus...esp since mikey's tiny lol #fanart #concept art #chiscribbs #Fun game idea for the tag-readers: what name would you give this ep if it were real? I'm eagerly awaiting suggestions. #shades of purple (rottmnt) #<- added in post for ease of access

[bogboyfig]

Unreal Unearth - Song/Circle Correspondences.

Descent: De Selby (Part 1); De Selby (Part 2)

First (Limbo, the unbaptised but virtuous): First Time

Second (Lust): Francesca; I, Carrion (Icarian)

Third (Gluttony): Eat Your Young

Fourth (Avarice and Prodigality): Damage Gets Done

Fifth (Wrath and Sullenness): Who We Are

Sixth (Heresy): Son Of Nyx; All Things End

Seventh (Violence): To Someone From A Warm Climate (Uiscefhuaraithe); Butchered Tongue

Eighth (Fraud): Anything But; Abstract (Psychopomp)

Ninth (Treachery): Unknown / Nth

Ascent: First Light

#unreal unearth #hozier #dante's inferno #for those who dont have access to a hard copy blurb #and also for me bc I never remember the circles #posts by fig

[universalaccesszine]

Episode 1: Hearing

So the topic of this vignette is hearing aids, but it’s also general assistive technology. What Alex would have from a worldbuilding perspective is closer to a cochlear implant in terms of intensity of assistance, but he still has the option of taking it on and off with a lot of ease. In this setting, Alex also has the choice to go without his hearing aids without missing quality of life. This is why Tea, having other Deaf friends, mentions a variety of technology use. What I’m trying to get across here is one tenant of my universal design philosophy when it comes to disability rights: that assistive technology exist, be advanced, be accessible (affordable) and be easy to use, but that it should also be a supplement to an already accessible world - hence Tea and Jack both also knowing the sign for “drinking [alcohol].” Alex’s decision to use assistive devices is entirely based on his own convenience and his own choices on a given day. 

#back of the fleet #accessibility #disability aids #disability rights #disabilities #disability #mobility aids #digital drawing #digital art #digital illustration #digital painting #accessible posts #accessible art #accessible design #wheelchair accessible #ableism

[gayvampyr]

ppl being like “abortion is okay only if you took all the “correct” measures first or if you were impregnated non-consensually” SHUT UP! abortion for “sexually promiscuous” people and sex addicts and ppl you call sluts and whores and people who have one-night stands and every single person who had sex because they felt like it! you do not have to reach a quota of suffering to “deserve” an abortion. abortion is not something you earn. abortion isn’t a moral thing like you protestants like to think it’s a fucking right and everyone deserves access to it and they don’t have to prove that they deserve it. pregnancy is not a punishment for sex and every single person deserves the right to terminate a pregnancy regardless of how they became pregnant. shut up

#i am angry #because it’s my body and i do not owe pro lifers access or authority over my womb #abortion #pro choice #text post #top posts #10k #15k #20k #25k #30k #35k #40k #45k #50k