An #introduction! I’m a #disabled, #autistic, and #queer Canadian author! My latest book, Season One: Iris and the Crew Tear Through Space won the 2023 Indie Ink Award for “Writing the Future We Need: Disability representation by a Disabled Author!” I love being a disability advocate in literary spaces and really, really, really love baking!
Hiii!
Real #disabled life:
In theory, our Crock-Pot is one of the pseudo-accessible models. It literally has one physical dial with four distinct clicks: Off, Low, High, and Warm.
Except after not using it for over a year, my #blind partner and I both forgot the order of those clicks. We made a decision to set it to the rightmost position based on logic, because Low and High are both hotter than Warm. Then we asked a sighted person to verify, but the labels are in English and they only speak Spanish so somehow they got mixed up.
The end result is that our raw chicken has been sitting on the Warm setting, in 32 degrees C weather, for 2.5 hours. This is a cascading set of bad circumstances, all because a device manufacturer can't put tactile markers on their products. It's also why I like devices with companion apps, not as an alternative to physical controls but as an extra line of defense and piece of mind against human error.
Yesterday at the #PlayStation concert, a young, blind man sat next to me.
We got talking and it turns out he is an accessibility consultant for companies, including video game developers and has worked with Sony on God of War and other products!
He goes by his handle: Sightless Kombat.
He is entirely #blind from birth, but loves video games so is passionate about accessibility in the sector.
I told him to come join Mastodon as I think it’s the friendliest social network for visual impairments, he said he was thinking of joining but wasn’t sure which instance was good. I’m not sure if there is one that’s dedicated to visual impairment? I just told him to join mstdn.games 😅
Anyway, here’s his YouTube & Twitch channels, and website if you’re interested in seeing what he has to offer. The dude has platinumed God of War Ragnarok on its hardest difficulty, what a legend!
YouTube: youtube.com/@sightlesskombat?s…
Twitch: twitch.tv/sightlesskombat
Website: sightlesskombat.com/
#disability #disabled #Accessibility
I'm an award-winning, multi-credited accessibility consultant and gamer without sight from the UK. If you ever thought "how can someone with no sight play a videogame?", you've come to the right place for answers! Relax, say hi and see just how I enj…Twitch
please help a #disabled, #queer woman with #groceries, her phone bill, & her water bill. she's really been struggling to manage all her bills. anything helps!
$55/170 needed ASAP
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What are your favorite "accessibility red flags"?
In other words, when you first access a website, device, service, physical space, etc., what is something that immediately warns you, this won't go well for some disabled people?
I'd love to hear various perspectives, so please boost if you're willing.
Friends, please help make the public aware of Section 504's importance by sharing your story. Read the below post from my girlfriend, Kaleigh Brendle, to learn more. Your voice matters. Thank you. #Save504
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Can we get one more push on this? I need 160 dollars more for clinic and meds, tomorrow (Monday). EMERGENCY.
#MutualAidRequest #MutualAid #Disabled #TransCrowdfund #disability #DisabilityMutualAid #DisabilityCrowdfund #IndigenousMutualAid #ChronicIllness #HelpFolksLive2025 #lgbt #crowdfund #intersex #gameDev #crowdfund #ChronicIllness #Fundraiser
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140/300
We have only one day to get the rest of this money together. The clinic is ~$200 and meds are ~100.
Please help.
@mutualaid #MutualAidRequest #MutualAid #Disabled #TransCrowdfund #disability #DisabilityMutualAid #DisabilityCrowdfund #IndigenousMutualAid #ChronicIllness #HelpFolksLive2025 #lgbt #crowdfund #intersex #gameDev #crowdfund #ChronicIllness #Fundraiser
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The Department of Education being closed is one of the dumbest things I've ever seen.
Most #maga supporters want it as #trump and #doge convinced them schools were federally funded, and they were going to overhaul and fix it.
They're too uneducated to know that it's already funded by states, and The Department of Education exists to fill gaps in resources, especially for #disabled and disadvantaged children.
Which red states need THE MOST.
That's the dadgum truth, right there.
#disabled #disability #disabilityawareness #spoonie #accessibility #mentalhealth
Since this got so much attention, I'd like to use this moment of sunshine to invite you all to read with us next week:
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$595/2000 DUE TODAY
please help my #disabled #Indigenous friend & her family survive. she been helping her daughter & grandson escape domestic violence. she has to pay a $100 late fee for every day she is late on rent & she's already received a water shut off notice. you can buy her #art and #jewelry below!
- PayPal.me/kiagbear
- Cashapp/Venmo: kiagbear
- ko-fi.com/mahtheyzhawey/goal?g…
- etsy.com/shop/MahtheyzhaweyArt…
⭐ you can get handmade art or a short story collection or an email with file storage space for donating to her here:
- writing.exchange/@riveraerica/…
- terror.black/@sayyid_qishta/11…
- flipping.rocks/@inherentlee/11…
- weirder.earth/@june/1138898143…
- mismo.jagtalon.net/@jag/status…
@mutualaid #MutualAid #native #nativeArt #MutualAidRequest #beads #beading #design #creativeNatives #beadwork #parent #mom #onlineShop #SmallBusiness #cute #handmade #MastoArt #creativeToots #FediGiftShop #FediArt #OriginalArt #sciFi #specFic #fiction #artist #asexual #LGBTQIA #SFF #prints #cyanotype #photography #shortStory #queerMutualAid
Attached: 2 images hello! in the vein of @sayyid_qishta@terror.black and @june@weirder.earth , I am offering FIX YOUR HEARTS OR DIE prints in exchange for giving aid to others! Here's a great place to get started: https://weirder.flipping.rocks
Question for #blind folks, or I guess any #disabled folks for that matter, who were active on Twitter when Squelon took over and dismissed the accessibility team wholesale:
Did any moderate to significant accessibility issues crop up shortly or soon after that happened? If so, what? Also, how is Twitter/X accessibility today for anyone still around? Better, worse, or comparable?
Not looking for a whole lot of detail--I'm just writing a thing and would prefer to not just make up my anecdotes. I might reference this thread in the post for anyone wanting more detail.
Thanks!
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The #BBC is looking for a Head of Digital #Accessibility, with the role only open to #deaf, #disabled, and/or #neurodivergent applicants. Hybrid working, based at any UK BBC hub. Salary up to £110,000.
URGENT 
please help Dej with rent!
"still trying to get help from whatever rent assistance program my housing stabilization worker can find (no luck at all yet, i haven't heard from them since mid-november), i'm at the "how to market myself" point of my self-employment thing and haven't received the grant for that yet, and everything's still taking forever to fall into place still due to bureaucracy and everything moving really slow. i'm hoping stuff will work out fine in the new year, but...i honestly dunno what'll happen at this point."
$240/630 DUE IN 6 DAYS
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hi y'all, i'm deja! i am a 42 year-old queer person of color with disabilities. i am in n… Deja May needs your support for Please help Dej with February rent!gofundme.com
hey so just to let people in the US know, if you are on SSI and have a disability that began before age 26 (46 as of 1st Jan 2026) you can apply for an ABLE account. this account will let you have up to $100,000 without losing your SSI.
Edit: per @MindmeshLink the requirements are SSI, SSDI, *or* a Doctors Note, if that helps!
I am proud to announce that I am working on a successor to #AppleVis - a website for #disabled #Apple technology enthusiasts. I kindly invite everyone to test it and give feedback.
You can find the invite link here
community.accessibleapple.org/…
The largest community for the disabled users of Apple technologies.community.accessibleapple.org
Project 2025 is a blueprint for a conservative overhaul of the United States government. It offers a frightening, dystopian vision of an America where people are deprived of rights, benefits, and values we have grown accustomed to.Law Office of Lainey Feingold
This could be me and you if the US government allowed disabled people to get married without losing their benefits...
I find myself reaching out for #MutualAid once again. I thought I had 11 days to renew my phone number for the month, but I only have 9. I have to pay £9.49 by January 26th. Please support me with whatever you can!
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/seedythreesixty
Patreon: patreon.com/seedy360
PayPal: seedy360@hotmail.com
#blind #disabled #neurodivergent @mutualaid
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The disability community lost a tremendous advocate when Andrés Gallegos died on December 1st, a few days shy of his 63rd birthday.Law Office of Lainey Feingold
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My queer platonic partner Luke and I are both trans, neurodivergent, and disabled. We are currently homeless and living out of our van with our two cats.
We are in need of mutual aid donations to help us be able to afford food, gas, and other necessities, along with our phone bill on the 4th of $100.
My CashApp and Venmo links (handles:$magicalgrrrl/@magicalgrrrl respectively) and Luke's PayPal (@LouieSJ) are in my linktree: linktr.ee/magicalgrrrl
Please help a couple of homeless queers survive during #Pride month
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I was grateful for the chance to chat with Time Magazine last week about some the unique ways the collapse of Twitter is impacting its #disabled users. You can read the piece here:
time.com/6230469/disability-us…
Twitter users with disabilities say they could be 'left with nothing' in the wake of Elon Musk taking over the site.Megan McCluskey (Time)
#Disabled people and #spoonies, a lovely and very organised-sounding group of people on Mastodon have set up disabled.social - if you've been considering Mastodon, this might be for you.
More info here: mastodon.social/@PanickedFoodi…
They have a whole accessibility TEAM!
A place for people who are chronically ill, mentally ill, disabled, and friends/families/allies to come together, meet, share knowledge and random banter, and just about anything else.Mastodon hosted on disabled.social
REQUESTING URGENT HELP;
If you know me from #Twitter you've been informed that my mom is abusive & ableist...
I'm an Autistic person requesting help to secure safe housing & pay for a plane ticket. A year ago I was planning to move for college, but gradually my mom has been financially trapping me. I now have no solid income atm & I cannot work or drive!
•Click link for more detail;
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[time for a #reintroduction! #introductions #introduction]
I'm Flo (he/him), a #queer #author of #lgbtqia #fiction.
Primarily I write #sliceoflife, #comedy, heartwarming & lighthearted, #gay #romance in a variety of settings, such as #hopepunk, #scifi, #fantasy, #steampunk, #horror, #gothic, annnnd the list goes on~ 😅
Some more things about me:
— I'm currently pumped for #NaNoWriMo!
— I like #writing, #reading, #drawing, #art, #gaming, #movies, #books etc.
— I dabble in #learning #mandarin and #tokipona (which i don't tend to talk about here).
— I am #agender, #asexual, #aromantic, (thus #AroAce) #disabled, #ActuallyAutistic, and a #demiguy
— i have a wishlist (mostly full of very, *very* gay books): throne.me/u/drowsy/wishlist
— alt accounts at @ghost@weirder.earth & @floghost
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