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Accessible art: crafting beautiful things that are meant to be touched
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No one’s like me: where’s CVI representation in the blindness community?
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Kindness, like a boomerang, always returns. Trust the process. 🪃 #BlindNewWorld
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#Repost @VictoriaClaireSculpture: "Coming back around
Here is the first of two creations from my new touchwood studio, this is a boomerang with raised dots for tactile engagement, it has braille written in black dots, it says trust the process, Carved from oak.
This is one of the most powerful ways I support myself, through creativity, I trust the process, even though the pain is deep, the need for connection is so prevalent and healing seems to take so long.
This piece of work represents returning to self, not going back to the beginning but returning to a new space where growth and healing have taken place.
Like the boomerang once it is thrown it will do It’s loop, it’s journey but often lands in a slightly different spot from Where It was thrown. This represents my healing journey beautifully, I return to self but the journey has changed where I land just slightly, just enough to honour myself, my needs and my wants.
I continue on this healing journey, I journal every day, I do holistic well-being therapy and psychotherapy, I write and play my music, I sculpt and create ART with meaning and write poetry.
I know this journey is long and sometimes incredibly painful, I often reflect on the LOVE that I have lost, but I have to remind myself that the LOVE that ive gained by not abandoning myself anymore and by choosing myself I slowly found LOVE for my own self-worth XX"
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Image: A piece by artist Dr. Victoria Claire - a boomerang carved from oak wood with red and white tactile marks on the end and black braille on its body that reads, "Trust the process."
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#ArtIsForEveryone #Sculpture #SculptureArt #AccessibleArt #TactileArt #DisabledArtist #BlindArtist #DisabilityPride #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityAcceptance #DisabilityIsNotInability #DisabilityNotInability #blind #blindness #VisuallyImpaired #VisualImpairment #LowVision #VisionLoss #SightLoss #LegallyBlind
Blind braille artist Clarke Reynolds makes art that’s touching - and touchable - in the best way. #BlindNewWorld
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#Repost @60secdocs and @MrDotOfficial: “Blind Braille artist Clarke Reynolds is determined to change how the world perceives art. He creates tactile works of gigantic dots that are accessible to both seeing and visually impaired people. Each piece must be touched to be understood.”
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Video description: A 60-second interview with braille artist Clarke Reynolds in which he explains why he creates touchable, tactile art that incorporates braille. A full transcript is in the comments.
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#ArtIsForEveryone #Braille #BrailleLiteracy #BrailleIsBeautiful #BrailleArt #BrailleArtist #inclusion #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityPride #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityAcceptance #DisabilityIsNotInability #DisabilityNotInability #blind #blindness #VisuallyImpaired #VisualImpairment #LowVision #VisionLoss #SightLoss #LegallyBlind #MidweekMood #MidweekMotivation
Representation in play is magical! ✨ #BlindNewWorld
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#Repost @AFB1921: "The Moonspell Magic by Monster High Claire de Luna doll is now available! Claire de Luna is a clairvoyant witch who reads the constellations as easily as her fingers read braille.
We`re proud to have collaborated with the @MonsterHigh team to help shape a thoughtful, respectful approach to representing blindness and low vision in the Claire de Luna character, from her story and design to packaging that features braille.
Representation in mainstream toys matters, and we`re excited to see more characters with disabilities become part of imaginative play."
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Image: A Claire de Luna doll set against a mystical purple backdrop. She`s standing next to a boiling cauldron, holding a crystal ball in one hand and a light purple mobility cane in the other. She`s wearing a sparkly night-sky-themed wrap over a black crop top and a tarot-card-printed skirt plus a wide-brim witch hat. One of her eyes, a prosthetic, glimmers with multiple colors.
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#MonsterHigh #Representation #RepresentationMatters #DisabilityRepresentation #inclusion #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityIsNotInability #DisabilityNotInability #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityAcceptance #WhiteCane #blind #blindness #VisuallyImpaired #VisualImpairment #LowVision #VisionLoss #LegallyBlind #MondayMood #MondayMotivation
We knew guide dogs were multi-talented, but we didn`t realize they were also so... multi-dimensional. 🌀 #BlindNewWorld
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#Repost @TBToro: "For the dog days of summer 🐶 ... ⛅️"
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Image: A single panel black-and-white ink cartoon by cartoonist Tom Toro features a guide dog in harness staring open-mouthed into what appears to be another dimension - dinosaurs, comets, large ships, swirling planets, the progress of evolution, and more. The caption reads, "All-seeing eye dog."
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#Dogs #Dogstagram #DogsOfInstagram #DogsWithJobs #GuideDog #GuideDogsOfInsta #blind #blindness #VisuallyImpaired #VisualImpairment #LowVision #VisionLoss #SightLoss #LegallyBlind #MidweekMood
And now, some Monday motivation. #BlindNewWorld
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#Repost @BrailleForward: "It’s good to listen to children: work hard, breathe, and smile!"
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Image: An orange wall at @BostonChildrensMuseum’s adorned with braille wishes on notecards decorated by children who participated in a community braille mural. Each note card features a brailled word and drawing by a child. Some of the brailled words include kindness, work hard, smile, love, peace, and breath.
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#MondayMotivation #MondayMood #braille #BrailleLiteracy #inclusion #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityAcceptance #blind #blindness #VisuallyImpaired #VisualImpairment #LowVision #VisionLoss #SightLoss #LegallyBlind
Access and inclusion make all the difference. Be an ally! #BlindNewWorld
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#Repost @Story.Of.The.Mind: "Don`t teach disabled people to fit in better. Teach society how to include us."
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Image: Black text highlighted by hearts and colorful emphasis marks reads, "Stop teaching disabled people how to fit in. Start teaching society how to include us."
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#TheMoreYouKnow #BeAnAlly #AbleismIsTrash #inclusion #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityPride #DisabilityAcceptance #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityIsNotInability #DisabilityNotInability #blind #blindness #VisuallyImpaired #VisualImpairment #LowVision #VisionLoss #SightLoss #LegallyBlind #MidweekMood #MidweekMotivation
Kinda chic to be in the #BlindNewWorld. ✨
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Image 1: Icon of a person navigating with a cane. Text: "Kinda chic to... navigate with a white cane."
Image 2: A silhouette of a service dog. Text: "Kinda chic to... have a guide dog."
Image 3: Icon of a raised hand. Text: "Kinda chic to... ask for help when you need it."
Image 4: Icon of figures surrounding a heart. Text: "Kinda chic to... be part of the disability community."
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#KindaChic #DisabilityPride #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityAdvocate #WhiteCane #GuideDog #MondayMood #MondayMotivation
In her novel "Roxie in Color," author @StacyCervenka shares an authentic perspective on parenting blind while aiming to demystify disability for middle school readers.
And thanks to support from our friends at @PerkinsLibraryOfficial, blind and print-disabled readers can borrow the book free of charge through the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled.
Learn more in our latest #MyBlindStory post. (🔗 in bio) #BlindNewWorld
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Image: Headline: "#MyBlindStory | Bringing authentic blindness representation to middle-grade fiction, by Stacy Cervenka." Beneath the headline is a photo of Stacy smiling next to an enlarged copy of her book, "Roxie in Color." The book cover features a young girl holding a palette, painting the title of the book as a guide dog looks on from behind her. The sub-title reads, "It`s hard to blend in when your family stands out."
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#Bookstagram #AuthorsOfInstagram #author #MiddleGradeLit #MiddleGradeBooks #ReadingIsFun #InclusiveBooks #DisabledAuthor #DisabilityRepresentation #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityIsNotInability #DisabilityNotInability #BlindParent #blind #blindness #VisuallyImpaired #VisualImpairment #LowVision #VisionLoss #SightLoss #LegallyBlind #MidweekMood #MidweekMotivation
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What’s your story?
Personal stories about living with blindness are at the foundation of the #BlindNewWorld community. On our #MyBlindStory blog, we celebrate each other’s triumphs, stand alongside folks who are struggling and always — always — advocate for accessibility and inclusion at home, at work and in the community.
So, who are you? And what’s your story?
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POV: Your #PerkinsBrailler now connects to the internet!
As the only official companion to the Perkins Brailler, the Perkins Braille Bloom turns your brailler into a modern, plug-and-play keyboard for computers, tablets, & mobile devices. Get yours today: https://Perkins.org/Bloom
We join the world in remembering the incredible Dolly Parton and the impact she had on children's literacy - including providing free #braille and audiobooks for kids who are #blind and #LowVision. 🦋 📚 #BlindNewWorld
(Story via @TODAYshow ⬇️)
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Has Sent Over 100,000 Braille Books to Low-Vision Kids: She...
“None of my son’s needs are special,” Jessica Caromile says of her 12-year-old, who is blind — and she be...
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Concerts designed to incorporate #disability access are creating more inclusive, imaginative experiences for artists and audiences. #BlindNewWorld
(Story via @Hypebot ⬇️)
Can We Make Accessibility More Than Just an 'Accommodation?'
Two live music acts are designing concerts around disability access to create more inclusive (and imaginative) experiences for artists and audiences.
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A new digital archive aims to tell the history of Britain's #DisabilityRights movement through oral histories, films, photographs and personal collections gathered from the people who lived it. #BlindNewWorld
(Story via @MuseumsAssoc ⬇️)
Q&A | ‘The disability rights movement is presumed to have been small and niche, but it was huge’ -...
David Hevey tells us about a new digital archive dedicated to the civil rights struggle that Britain forgot
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