UK Folks with chronic pain and similar health issues; I’m looking for advice on behalf of my sister who has ME/CFS, fibromyalgia and other chronic issues. The pain clinic just dismissed her with “you’re too unhappy, you need to be more motivated” and won’t do anything else for her. What routes are there, if any, to get her some decent help? Or get a complaint going?
RE: https://mastodon.world/@webstandards/116289510061373658
Do you want this talk at your event? Either in this format or just one half (issues with compliance/examples of good game accessibility). Email accessibility AT kitation co uk
Very excited to be rejoining the conference space with this talk! We’re going to be looking at whether accessibility compliance is working, what the issues are and get some inspiration from work in gaming accessibility https://mastodon.world/@webstandards/115666369467366264
Using LLMs for accessibility is a dead end because a) they accelerate climate change and b) put more power in the pockets of Big Tech and venture capitalists and both of these outcomes increase the inequality disabled people globally face.
On an individual level LLMs and other AI services can benefit disabled folks, in the same way access to taxis via Uber does, but like Uber ultimately disabled people will be dropped like a hot rock once the companies running AI have made themselves ubiquitous
Adding music to my iPhone via iTunes for Windows takes years off my lifespan every time I need to do it.
Did you know you can criticise people on the far right without resorting to fatphobia, homophobia or ableism?
This post brought to you by a person with an alternating pronounced squint seeing a load of people loving “swivel-eyed loon” as an insult
Watching my train get later and later which means my 12 minute connection time is down to just 2. British transport is fucked and there’s no interest in sorting it
They made the Lindt chocolate bears heterosexual this is a disgrace, straight people shoving it down our throats again
Don’t think petitions are all that useful, but over a million is good numbers https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/730194
there's a new scam going around where your body will be like we need to sleep NOW but then when you're in bed it will be like nah haha just joking
If you are NOT on Tumblr, if you don't live in the USA, and *especially* if you haven't heard of the Gender Census, would you consider filling in my very short demographic survey with lots of ticky-boxes, and maybe sharing it with someone else who is also not on Tumblr?
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdb0-hKaa5UReHFbAIx9fywyI3uDBDfW5sQMwd2eOtK3AhqfA/viewform
Actually people who use Tumblr are also very welcome to participate, they're just VERY overrepresented in the survey so I'm trying to drag in basically anyone else as well!
Alright what’s with the jimmy follower spam?
edit: thank you everyone for ackshuallying a shitpost, your replies are extremely necessary and I'm very impressed by what a bunch of super smart cool boys y'all are
Text alternatives, especially for complex images, are not just for blind or visually impaired folks, they are also important for users with cognitive issues and/or are neurodivergent.
Alt text is not always the best medium for this; text alternatives in the body are better for long descriptions. Alt text is not the be all and end all of making images accessible.
Pulled out :(
I get big conferences aren't exactly crying out for talks so who cares but I just can't deal with not having clear dates and I'm rapidly running out of time to get into writing it.
true trans liberation comes when everyone - cis and trans and otherwise - can look how they want, act how they want, and achieve the care that they want, while being supported by the people and systems around them
this includes informed consent hormones for anyone who wants them
using whatever name and pronouns and identity terms for anyone who asks
informed consent surgeries of all varieties
and none of this being restricted by gender identity, presentation, characteristics, or other gatekeeping bullshit
Not only are my union handwavy on trans rights, but their only objection to AI taking over where I work is that not everyone is being trained in it equally 🙄
Gonna write to my rep and then probably move to a different one
5-minute demographic survey for anyone and everyone. Please participate for Science, and also to validate my spreadsheet-hoarding, curiosity-following, etc!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdb0-hKaa5UReHFbAIx9fywyI3uDBDfW5sQMwd2eOtK3AhqfA/viewform
Submitted a talk to a conference earlier in the year but struggling to find the energy to write it until I know it’s going to get in (ND brain needs deadlines) but if I wait until I know I won’t have time to write it in a way I’ll be happy with. I want this to be my definitive accessibility talk; everything I’ve thought and experienced in the last 7 years.
I miss public speaking terribly but I forgot how annoying the actual applying for a slot can be.