accessibility – Pearl of Civilization

Dang events

Here’s an easy accessibility upgrade that makes your events more inclusive for folks with chronic illnesses and energy limitations: list the dang end time

Poking around at Sean Dorsey’s latest work (re:) and his upcoming shows are “KN95s provided & required”, along with many other accessibility practices like ASL interpretation, wheelchair access, detailed info about stairs, all-gender bathrooms, public transit access, and not requiring ID to pick up tickets. Love.

Rest here if you agree

Thinking once again about Finnegan Shannon’s perfect art benches.

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Fediverse post from Quixoticgeek (@quixoticgeek@v.st)

My train journey starts with another accessibility rant (sorry, I've got an hour on a train and I didn't bring a book). Time to talk about something few think of as an accessibility aid

Benches

Most people take for granted that they can stand for half an hour or an hour to wait for a train. But for a surprisingly high number of people. Standing for even a few minutes can be agony. There people might not look like they need accessibility aids. But not being able to sit can be a problem

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Accessibility by ikea

Just noticed that ikea has a decent accessibility collection right now? BÄSINGEN includes a shower chair, some step stools, and the thing I always want which is grab bars that double as towel racks, shower shelves, etc. Nice to see!

Catalog photo of a person in a white bathrobe pulling a towel off a rack while resting the other hand on the towel rack to stabilize. The rack is a black tube looped into a pill shape, with four anchor points.

Department of chainsaws for hands

I made myself a horror movie bingo card for October, and I am trying to think of a name for a trope I love.

What do you call that thing where characters have ridiculous and cool DIY assistive tech? I am thinking about chainsaws as prosthetic hands, homemade motorcycle-wheelchairs, and the other mayhem that shows up mainly in horror movies.

“Fuckin Rad Improvised Accessibility” is my draft so far 😂🤘🏻

Movie still from Planet Terror (2007), showing Rose McGowan standing in a sexy pose wearing sunglasses, a bra top, miniskirt, and a machine gun as a lower-leg prosthetic. Behind her are flames and smoke.

Movie still from Silver Bullet (1985), showing a tween boy played by Corey Haim going down a country road doing a wheelie in a three-wheeled motorcycle wheelchair. A sign on the seat back reads "silver bullet" and white smoke blasts out behind.

Audio picture books?

I listen to a lot of audiobooks for small children and this is the first one I’ve encountered that includes image descriptions. It’s such a good idea! The small child I was listening with was so excited that I had to pause the story for celebrations. Alt text all the things.

The book is Secret of the Jade Bangle, by Linda Trinh.

I need to be precise in talking about it because infantilization is real, but there can be so much solidarity between children and disabled people.

Always a happy sight

Dark photo of a nightclub stage where three musicians are playing under red lighting. In the center, the drummer is wearing a black, ear-loop mask.

Shout out to the drummer from Sumac for performing in a mask the other night. And shout out to Vancouver Jazz Fest for having an early show with a bit of seating so this Long Covid / ME/CFS spoonie could attend some nightlife (in a respirator).

(Not perfect– stairs-only access! But I appreciated that they marked that info on the ad at least.)

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