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There are many aspects to #accessibility:
- physical (e.g. handrails, accessible toilets, non-slip flooring)
- sensory (e.g. no loud noise, no fluorescent lights, no strong scents)
- communication (e.g. sign language interpretation, patience for device users, image description)
- physical (e.g. handrails, accessible toilets, non-slip flooring)
- sensory (e.g. no loud noise, no fluorescent lights, no strong scents)
- communication (e.g. sign language interpretation, patience for device users, image description)
- time (e.g. patience in general, frequent breaks, not interrupting people who take longer to communicate)
- clarity (e.g. maps / signs, schedules made available ahead of events)
- financial (anything non-free isn& #39;t accessible, though I know that can be hard to do)
- clarity (e.g. maps / signs, schedules made available ahead of events)
- financial (anything non-free isn& #39;t accessible, though I know that can be hard to do)
- attitude (e.g. no infantilisation or fetishisation of disabled people, no invasive questions, #JustAskDontGrab)
- provision for multiply marginalised disabled people (e.g. gender-neutral toilets, spoken / written language interpretation)
- provision for clashing needs.
- provision for multiply marginalised disabled people (e.g. gender-neutral toilets, spoken / written language interpretation)
- provision for clashing needs.
I& #39;m almost certainly missing some categories, so feel free to add more.
Point is, I& #39;m pissed at all the people who won& #39;t even put ramps in, when that& #39;s one of the most basic and well-known forms of accessibility. They& #39;re sure as hell not gonna do the rest too.
Point is, I& #39;m pissed at all the people who won& #39;t even put ramps in, when that& #39;s one of the most basic and well-known forms of accessibility. They& #39;re sure as hell not gonna do the rest too.
So the task of making things as accessible as possible almost always gets ignored, or left to disabled people and a few allies. But of course, we have the fewest resources, the least money, etc. We don& #39;t have a disabled wand we can wave to make things magically accessible.
So anyway, idk where I& #39;m going with this, but be kind to disabled folks who aren& #39;t able to make things 100% accessible. They& #39;re probably trying harder than the rest of society put together, but with far fewer resources, while struggling with things like low energy etc.
And, quite frankly, Don& #39;t be kind to business owners etc who refuse to make even small steps toward accessibility. I know sometimes we have to be "civilised" (grovel) to get them to do the slightest thing. But wherever possible rage loudly and publicly until they fucking sort it.
