cfish(they/them)
Community Admin @ Houseplants!
“Show people that you can engage with these hobbies and activities as a disabled person and still be valued as a part of the community.”
- What does “disability” mean? What can it look like, both in person and online?
- Disabilities: not always visible, dynamic, same diagnoses be different for everyone
- Therefore, disability aids look different for everyone, or for the same person at different times
- For example: a blind person may choose to use a white cane, a guide dog, accessibility settings on the phone, etc
- Language of disability: how should we talk about it?
- “Disabled” is not a bad word - making analogies or using language like "differently abled" can be patronising
- deaf vs Deaf community - positive community associations
- “What should I say?” Look for advocates within the community + ask
- Accessibility accommodations: how can we make our communities accessible?
- In-depth example: screen readers. What they are, who uses them. Alt text. Making text inclusive.
- What other examples? For the Deaf community: transcripts after events (Discord live captioning pls). For the autistic community: tone indicators or a guideline for tone.
- Setting up channels for people to request or suggest accommodations