@Tutanota Show us by your actions, not just words! So far you've shown in your actions, both for those with #MobilityImpairments on Captchas and for #blind users a screenreader issue, that your platform is not at all about #DigitalIndependence or real change, unless you've got neither disability set nor anyone you communicate with does.

#DisabledPeople are the subset of the population most denied our independence and yet which is most easily helped by modern technology, so this slight on your part is a continuation of the larger problem set, not a legitimate change to the status quo.
#DisabilityAccessibility #DisabilityRights

With love❤️

#christmas #holidays #gentle #love #notalone #hanginthere #Christmas2025 #mentalwellness #increasetherate #basicincome #disabilityrights

With love❤️

#christmas #holidays #gentle #love #notalone #hanginthere #Christmas2025 #mentalwellness #increasetherate #basicincome #disabilityrights

Oh my stars, we've lost a legend. Rest in power, Alice Wong.

via @thrasherxy.bsky.social: “Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”

#Disability #DisabilityRights #AliceWong #SFBA

Really great podcast episode from East Bay Yesterday on the disability rights movement in Berkeley, CA in the 1960s / civil rights era. Particularly an interview with an author of a biography on Ed Roberts, a prominent disability rights activist who became disabled from Polio as a teenager.

#accessibility #disability #disabilityRights #history

https://overcast.fm/+AAVqK7efXoo

Really great podcast episode from East Bay Yesterday on the disability rights movement in Berkeley, CA in the 1960s / civil rights era. Particularly an interview with an author of a biography on Ed Roberts, a prominent disability rights activist who became disabled from Polio as a teenager.

#accessibility #disability #disabilityRights #history

https://overcast.fm/+AAVqK7efXoo

Oh my stars, we've lost a legend. Rest in power, Alice Wong.

via @thrasherxy.bsky.social: “Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”

#Disability #DisabilityRights #AliceWong #SFBA

I just published a new piece: “Why Can’t Everything Be Accessible?”
Accessibility isn’t complicated—it’s ignored. We’ve failed to teach, enforce, and value inclusion in tech.
Developers, educators, governments, and companies all have a role to play.
Read and share if you believe accessibility should be for everyone:
https://taylorarndt.substack.com/p/why-cant-everything-be-accessible
#Accessibility #Inclusion #A11y #DigitalAccessibility #DisabilityRights #TechForGood #AI #InclusiveDesign

I just published a new piece: “Why Can’t Everything Be Accessible?”
Accessibility isn’t complicated—it’s ignored. We’ve failed to teach, enforce, and value inclusion in tech.
Developers, educators, governments, and companies all have a role to play.
Read and share if you believe accessibility should be for everyone:
https://taylorarndt.substack.com/p/why-cant-everything-be-accessible
#Accessibility #Inclusion #A11y #DigitalAccessibility #DisabilityRights #TechForGood #AI #InclusiveDesign

Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution shares with insight, humor, and joy the experiences of a group of disabled teenagers at a summer camp for kids with disabilities and their journey to adulthood and activism that shaped disability rights.

The film includes footage of historic protests for disability rights that are important viewing for anyone who cares about effective activism!

https://journeysinfilm.org/film/crip-camp/

#Activism #Democracy #History #Protest #DisabilityRights #DisabiilityPride #DisabilityJustice #DisabilityHistory #Disability

The CSA is accepting public comments until August 19. Submitting your comment takes just a few minutes and could make a global impact.

Submit your comment here: https://publicreview.csa.ca/Account/Login?ReturnUrl=%2fHome%2fView%2f2256677

#PublicHealth#CSA#CleanAir#MaskUp#COVID19#COVID#COVID_19#CommunityHealth#DisabilityRights#LongCOVID

From the Disability Visibility Project:

"Immigrant Rights Are Disability Rights"

https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2025/07/13/immigrant-rights-are-disability-rights/

"… a true commitment to justice for disabled people must recognize that many undocumented immigrants are themselves disabled and deserving of basic rights, not total erasure from the disability rights discourse."

#USPol#Disability#DisabilityRights#Ableism#Immigration #HumanRights

From the Disability Visibility Project:

"Immigrant Rights Are Disability Rights"

https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2025/07/13/immigrant-rights-are-disability-rights/

"… a true commitment to justice for disabled people must recognize that many undocumented immigrants are themselves disabled and deserving of basic rights, not total erasure from the disability rights discourse."

#USPol#Disability#DisabilityRights#Ableism#Immigration #HumanRights

GrapheneOS: Where Licenses Matter More Than People

GrapheneOS could have shipped real accessibility support. They had a screen reader. They had a libre speech engine — one they requested a feature from. They got that feature.

And then they said no.
Because the license was GPLv3.

They’ll ship sandboxed Google Play Services.
They’ll let you install GPLv3 software from their app store.
But a working screen reader for blind users?
Blocked. On principle.

This isn’t a technical limitation.
This is not a matter of priorities.
This is cruelty by ideology — and they’re proud of it.

So here it is. My full public dissection of the excuses, the hypocrisy, and the sheer contempt they’ve shown to the people who need privacy and security most: the disabled.

They chose licensing purity over basic humanity.
I chose to write this.

https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/grapheneos-where-licenses-matter-more-than-people/

#GrapheneOS#Accessibility #FOSS#Blind#DisabilityTech#Inclusion#GPLv3 #espeak #a11y#Security#FreeSoftware#DisabilityRights#Android#Rant#TechShame

update: If you are using this post as some kind of call-to-action to harass and attack the GOS developers, please don't.

That damages everyone. You, them, and myself. It's not helpful.

"Studies have shown that children begin to identify and punish autistic traits from a young age. Human beings reinforce social norms by hurting people who break them."

If you want to understand why autism is a disability and not just a quirk or a difference, reread this quote until the words find a permanent home in your brain.

"Human beings reinforce social norms by hurting people who break them."

"Human beings reinforce social norms by hurting people who break them."

"Human beings reinforce social norms by hurting people who break them."

This happens every. Single. Day.

https://observer.co.uk/news/first-person/article/laurie-penny-autism

#ActuallyAutistic
#Disability
#DisabilityRights
@actuallyautistic