#accessibility psa

Those of us with neurological disabilities filter tags like "cw eyestrain" and "cw strobing" to prevent medical events that can kill us. Don't just tag it as "eyestrain," learn how to tag eyestrain properly.

Passive ableism is still ableism.

And again, it can be deadly.

Example of tag filtering (screenshotted from my own Tumblr settings):

Hey kids! It’s time for another tip on making your blogs accessible (ie useable) for disabled individuals!

Let’s talk about color contrast. Did you know that you can actually make your blog inaccessible for some vision impaired user by using the wrong combination of colors on your page?

Best practice is to use text, background, and accent colors that contrast against each other enough to be easily visible to everyone. If you have to squint to see your bio, chances are that there’s someone out there who can’t read it at all.

here’s a neat tool that you can use to check if you’re blog’s color scheme is fully accessible.