#accessibility issues

[ghost-jester-sys]

even if ur place of work is "accessible"... ie has a ramp and doors wide enough for a wheelchair

if u and ur coworkers arent taught how to actually speak to and be around wheelchair users and other disabled ppl, its NOT ACCESSIBLE

i went out for an amazing lunch today. but going in? awful

after some struggling with the wrong angle, rather than see how to fix the issue a worker grabbed me from behind and started trying to pull me through, essentially just ramming me into the stuck door repeatedly possibly damaging my chair

my wheelchair and any of my aids are extensions of me and for abled folks... it was the equivalent of being grabbed by the shoulders and shoved around.

so I repeat:

unless ur employees and coworkers understand how to actually treat disabled folks.... its not an accessible venue

[intavoiner]

can we talk about how big of an accessibility issue "best before" dates on packaging are?

9 times out of 10 they are small, hard to read and just generally unintelligible based on the type of packaging your product is in. those who dont struggle with vision and other accessibility issues struggle to read most of them. why havent they done anything about this?

i dont understand why this isnt more talked about.. i personally struggle a ton when it comes to this and i feel many others kind of brush it off as "oh yeah, thats normal, just take a picture and zoom in or get someone to tell you." but what if people dont have this option?

people can get seriously sick from misreading or just generally not being able to read best before dates. and many people brush it off.

[beranibear]

👏Your👏 baby👏in👏that👏foldable👏pram👏does👏not👏belong👏in👏the👏reserved👏wheelchair👏spot👏on👏the👏train👏when👏the👏train👏is👏packed👏and 👏people👏in wheelchairs👏are👏forced👏to👏just👏park👏👏their👏wheelchair👏in👏the👏middle👏of👏👏a👏walkway👏

You can literally fold the pram and hold your child.

Those spots are there so we are safe and out of the way. So we are able to get emergency help if needed via the emergency assistance button. So we don’t slide down the middle of the train or slam into people if it comes to a sudden stop.

I can not just fold my chair and get out of it. I don’t have the privilege or ability to do that. It is not a pram parking spot, the symbol on the floor and walls is not of a pram, it’s of the universal symbol for people with disabilities.

Wild how people will still do this when there is literally a sign stating that you will be fined if you don’t give up the spot. If your baby has mobility, if you have mobility; your pram was literally made to be folded and compacted. Please DO IT when the train is full and people with mobility aids are forced into spots that aren’t safe.

Fuck you. I should not have to be unsafe so you don’t have to fold a pram and hold your child.

[a-little-revolution]

Hi lovely, I hope you are well?

I saw the ask about the bathroom accommodations and it got me really interested in two things.

1) what are accommodations that are hLepful (trying to 'help' without actually considering the needs of the individual, for example the step not enabling independence and I imagine from prior posts that it would also cause strain on your joints? (Plus the whole hygiene side, run into that one myself with suggested accommodations) )

2) what accommodations would you want to see in public spaces (doesn't have to be bathroom related, this just showed me a gap in my awareness and I'd like to work on it so I can include more awareness whenever I'm partaking in conversations around accessibility. If you have prior posts do link them, the only one that's coming to my mind right now was discussing the lack of accessibility in hospitals)

Hope you have a good pain/energy day, and I really love your style!

Hello! Indeed, I spoke about some ways to make public spaces more accessible for little people here - particularly when it comes to public washrooms. Here's some more accommodations I'd love to see!

I would love to see more information/reception desks with varying heights! This is an excellent piece of infrastructure that allows little people (and wheelchair users) full access to the counter and a place to speak to an attendant.

In the realm of public counter tops - a huge point of inaccess for me is grocery store conveyor belts. They come to about my chest, which makes loading and packing very difficult. And the "accessible" lane is no different! Plus every grocery store I've been to makes the "accessible" lane also the express lane - so while I'm buying my load of groceries, there's always a disgruntled customer behind me - I've even been denied access for having too many groceries!

The self check out is even worse - in a world where we're now being ushered to interact with these robots instead of real people, I can't reach the screen or the debit machine! So either way I need to ask for help, which completely defeats it's purpose. I would love to see a more accessible option that is lower to the ground.

A second, lower handrail on public stairs is a must! I've seen these in children's hospitals and schools, and would love them to be common place. Average handrails often land at shoulder height or higher - they provide little to no stability or safety for little people.

An access issue that often gets overlooked is the height of public seating - this includes doctor's office chairs, modern theatre seating, bar stools, booths, and office swivel chairs. The irony of a disabled person not being able to sit down is one I come across on the regular. The number of times I've showed up for an interview and not been able to sit without assistance is absurd.

Having a variety of seating options, or providing public step stools (or a combination of the two) could be easy fixes to this issue. In hospitals I am seeing a slow shift towards even lower chairs and beds since this issue is not always unique to little people - anyone who has difficulty bending, sitting, or transferring from a wheelchair has this issue. Modern design needs to account for diversity, instead of steering towards minimalism.

Step stools are of course the easiest means of making public spaces more accessible for little people, but I want to point out that they're not always the be-all-end-all solution, and can actually just be a band aid to some problems. While stools are incredibly versatile, not everyone has the ability to use them and they can pose a hazard in certain situations. In points of high traffic, built-in steps are far safer and could even be designed to fold up when not in use - they can also account for weight and wear.

Additionally, when stools are option in public, it's vital that they be easily accessed and borrowed by patrons without the need for a special request. I've said it before, "If I have to ask for help, it's not accessible". In order for stools to be a viable accommodation, they should be as freely obtained as toilet paper.

[itspixthecrazybitch]

Have you guys noticed that trend in shortform content lately where people will say something in the video and then put something else in the subtitles for comedic effect? Yeah?

Fuck that.

I have an audio processing disorder and I need subtitles for accessibility reasons, so do hard of hearing and deaf people and anyone else who needs them.

They’re supposed to be an accurate representation of what’s being said in the video.

Say it with me folks.

Disabled people deserve the same experience of content as everyone else.

[onlytiktoks]

[fishtank-thinktank]

Haven’t talked about this, but I’ve been able to tell since Apple has implemented AI technology with their voice to text program. Drastic change in quality, btw. Same with predictive text. This shit actually used to work, now it is complete fucking garbage.

Look, i’m not even completely against AI. I’m like 88% against it. I understand that they are reasonable applications and purposes for use and implication of large language models and other forms of AI. Which is another thing to keep in mind because not all AI is LLA. Like for example, in the treatment of cancer patients and individualized drugs. The patient nor the team has the time to analyze what could potentially be hundreds of thousands of hours worth of data to create an individualized treatment plan. The increased risk of the cancer metastasizing is too much of a risk in some patience. Using AI then as a tool for analyzation and compilation of large data set with human review is appropriate in these cases. But even then you still have to have human review, you cannot trust that shit to do anything fully accurately. A detail that recently in Pitt that I was really thankful they showed. Or like NASA shit, idk i’m not a space nerd. They wouldn’t let me become an astronaut!

This is only just a slight issue I have(don’t give me wrong. It’s a massive issue, but you’ll see). The in natural ecological destruction that the companies that run the AI’s do. The water consumption, the pollution, the ecological fucking consuming monster that it is. That alone basically throws me off of most AI and its implication.

So I can understand there are certain types of AI and certain scenarios for LLM‘s that could improve the accessibility of voice to text prediction/dictation. The problem is that it failed it fucking sucks Apple, and every other fucking company out there that’s using it cause it’s not just Apple! Within the past two years, I have been able to tell the decrease in accuracy and human prediction of voice to text and text prediction. It’s really fucking bad y’all.