I don't often discuss my day job here, but I'm going to make a plea: when you design digital content, please, please take into account the needs of individuals with disabilities. Light green text on a white background may suit your design theme, but for individuals with color vision deficiencies, it can be impossible to read. A logo where every letter is a different font may "pop," but an individual with dyslexia may not be able to make heads or tails of it. Links that say nothing but "click here" may make sense to sighted users who can contextualize them, but if you're a screen reader user, all you'll hear is a list of "click here"s, with no way to know where they lead. Think function first, then form. I beg of you.
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what sort of society wide structural accommodations would you like to see in place to help/make more accessible for little people?
Aaaaah this ask is so old now I'm so sorry!! (Things can get lost among all the hate messages lol) But gosh so many things!!
• The first is step stools EVERYWHERE!!! Public access to step stools would solve most of the problems little people face with access. I'm talking bathrooms, service desks, cash registers, libraries, clothing stores - the list goes on! They could fold away for easy access, or blend in as universal design.
There's even these amazing fold up ones I've seen that get automatically tucked away to prevent tripping hazards:
The second is for grab bars such as these (see bellow) for easier toilet access to be more widespread. It's important that toilets remain the height parallel with the average wheelchair, but grab bars can make it much easier for shorter people to hoist.
Public bathroom/change room stalls that go close to/all the way to the floor! As a little person, the average stall door ends at my waist (sometimes higher) so I am not guaranteed privacy. I much prefer stalls with minimal viewing access. And as a trans person, stalls that are more private create added safety.
I would love for extended grabbing handles to be standard practice in vehicles!
These would make getting in and out of cars much easier for a little person, not to mention elderly folks, children, and other disabled people. Extra foldable steps in cars is also something I've seen and loved.
Adjustable foot hammocks on public desks and tables would be sooo goood! A big source of leg pain for me is that my legs are dangling in every chair I sit in, which cuts off circulation and semi-dislocates my loose joints. Some sort of ledge or hammock would solve this issue.
I'm sure there are many more but this is what comes to mind for now!
Simple ways to make your library more user-friendly for everyone
1. Make the space between the stacks wide enough for walkers and wheelchairs to go through (around 92 cm).
2. Make sure door handles can be turned with one hand and don’t require a lot of force to open.
3. Have at least one computer with a keyboard with larger letters and a setting with larger font.
4. Have book holders available for people who struggle keeping their book pages open.
5. Have reachers available for shorter people and people who have a harder time reaching the top shelves.
6. Ideally, it’d be good to have a fancy magnifying machine like this:
But even regular magnifying glasses will do the trick for people who have sight difficulties if it’s out of your budget.
7. Place textured linoleum near the edge of where stairs begin/end; this helps blind people know when they are close to stairs.
8. In the children’s section, use images along with the words for the different book sections so that children who don’t know how to read yet can search a bit more independently.
The idea of universal design is wonderful and I hope it can only continue to gain traction as more people realize that it means making the world more accessible for everyone and that everyone includes themselves and the people they love.
One thing I learned teaching at University is that accommodations that help one person sometimes negatively affects other people.
Clear, detailed, specific instructions, for example, can massively help autistic and anxious students, but might overwhelm ADHD, PDA, or other anxious students.
Flexible deadlines can be really helpful for some ADHD students or students with anxiety, but they can also trigger executive dysfunction.
Interactive elements, ice breakers, and group work can offer much needed stimulation and hands-on learning for some ADHD'ers, but can overwhelm other students.
All of this means there is no one universal way to make teaching, or workplaces in general, accessible to everyone.
Instead, accessibility needs to be a constant process of being flexible in our approach to meet different people's needs, sometimes in completely opposite ways
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one thing a lot of people do not understand is the best thing you can do for accessibility is often giving people choices- especially when it comes to digital accessability. a website with multiple lightness and contrast settings, font size options, etc. is always going to be more accessible than any website which tries to be one size fits all, because access is not one size fits all. everyone has different needs and in almost all cases, the person who best understands and can make decisions about those needs is the disabled person themself
Greece is making hundreds of beaches wheelchair-friendly by installing the Greek-designed Seatrac system for wheelchairs.
"Greece is making hundreds of beaches wheelchair-friendly by installing the Greek-designed Seatrac system for wheelchairs.
The system is a free service that offers unassisted sea access to people with disabilities and mobility issues. It is an innovative, technological assistant that promotes autonomy, quality, and wellness in everyday life.
Speaking at a press conference on the project on Thursday, officials said that a total of 287 beaches across Greece will be fully accessible to people with mobility problems by introducing other essential facilities like parking, bathroom/changing facilities, ramps and corridors to sun loungers, and refreshment bars.
Officials said that 147 beaches have already undergone the necessary transformation to make them more accessible.
“Equal access to the sea is an inalienable human right,” said Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias, adding that the 15-million-euro project is being funded by the European Union and national resources...
Greece tries to become more wheelchair-friendly
Disabled people in Greece face the challenge that the country was not designed for people in wheelchairs. Even before uneven streets and steps were created, the topography of the country was rocky and mountainous.
The country has made great strides for disabled persons’ ease of movement and access since the 2004 Athens Olympics.
It recently placed concrete in some pathways of the Acropolis despite opposition from archaeologists.
“It’s a crime to wound the Rock, because it’s a monument,” architect Tasos Tanoulas said at the time.
According to the Ministry of Culture, the cementing of certain areas was part of a project to help people with mobility difficulties.
“The disabled, the elderly, people with various problems have the right to see and admire up close the Acropolis monuments,” a statement said at the time.
People with mobility issues hailed the project.
“We’ve been talking about disabled access to the Acropolis since the 2004 Olympics,” said Yiannis Vardakastanis, president of the Confederation of Disabled People.
“Now we can say that any disabled person in the world who wants to visit the Acropolis can do so,” he added.
