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Everyone deserves a little treat sometimes. 🦮 #BlindNewWorld
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#Repost @ScottMetzgercartoons: "September is National Guide Dog Month 🦮"
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Image: A cartoon by Scott Metzger that shows a guide dog in harness with his handler waiting at a host stand in a restaurant. The maître d` (also a dog) holds a bag of potato chips and says, "While you wait, can I give your human a treat?" The guide dog responds, "Sure, he loves those."
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#comic #comics #TreatYourself #NationalGuideDogMonth #DogsWithJobs #GoodDog #GuideDog #GuideDogsOfInsta #blind #blindness #VisuallyImpaired #VisualImpairment #LowVision #VisionLoss #SightLoss #LegallyBlind #MidweekMood #MidweekMotivation
It`s only Monday, but we could already use a break. 🦮 #BlindNewWorld
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#Repost @WeRateDogs: "This is Beasley. She loves her job, but also takes full advantage of her breaks. 14/10 (courtesy @DogsInc.Official)"
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Slide 1: A photo of a Beasley, a yellow Lab guide dog, looking at the camera with text: "Guide dog clocks out for the day and goes absolutely nuts." In a small circular inset, there`s a video of Beasley running around in circles.
Slide 2: The full video of Beasley going wild. At the bottom of a staircase, her handler unclips her and says, "Break!" and Beasley goes bounding up the stairs, then runs around in circles with a full case of the zoomies. Eventually, she stops to rest, panting, and her handler says, "Hi." as the video ends.
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#TakeABreak #DogsWithJobs #GoodDog #GuideDog #GuideDogsOfInsta #blind #blindness #VisuallyImpaired #VisualImpairment #LowVision #VisionLoss #SightLoss #LegallyBlind #MondayMood #MondayMotivation
Enjoy the last splash of summer - with or without your white cane! 🏊♀️ 🦯 #BlindNewWorld
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#Repost @CanSeeCantSee_: "I do find swimming pools scary, and the ocean is definitely even scarier. But at the same time, there’s this huge feeling of freedom that comes with being in the water.
Rick the Stick is pretty much permanently attached to my right hand… except when I’m on the sand, in the ocean or in a swimming pool.
And as scary as that can be, there’s something really freeing about it too."
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Video description: Claire walks across a pool deck using her white cane, “Rick the Stick,” to find the edge of the swimming pool. The camera then shows her feet as she carefully feels for the steps to enter the water. Once in the pool, Claire uses one hand to follow the stone wall while holding her other hand out in front of her to help navigate through the water.
Full transcript in comments.
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#TheMoreYouKnow #DidYouKnow #EndlessSummer #EndOfSummer #DisabilityIsNotInability #DisabilityNotInability #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityAcceptance #WhiteCane #blind #blindness #VisuallyImpaired #VisualImpairment #LowVision #VisionLoss #SightLoss #LegallyBlind #WeekendVibes #FridayFeeling
The First Hello program from @GuideDogsUK gives expectant parents like Reece, who are blind, access to tactile versions of their 20-week ultrasound scans. 👶 #BlindNewWorld
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#Repost @WashingtonPost: "These 3D-printed tactile sonograms help visually impaired expectant parents, like Reece Finnegan-Knight, experience their baby`s image.
The ridges and shapes allow people to trace the position and contours of the baby before birth.
The model is part of a new pilot scheme called First Hello by Guide Dogs, a U.K. charity that supports people with sight loss.
“I feel included in this now and I can access something at the same time as you. We`ve both got this tactile thing that I can actually experience in the exact same way as everyone else,” Reece said."
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Video description: An interview with Reece Finnegan-Knight (@BlindAndBlonde_), who is blind, and his wife, Sophy, who is pregnant, talking about the 3D-printed ultrasound of their baby. Full transcript in the comments.
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#Accessibility #AccessibilityMatters #Inclusion #InclusionMatters #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityIsNotInability #DisabilityNotInability #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityAcceptance #BlindParenting #blind #blindness #VisuallyImpaired #VisualImpairment #LowVision #VisionLoss #SightLoss #LegallyBlind
Every year on this day, we remember the many people we lost 25 years ago, as well as the bravery of the helpers - including guide dogs Salty and Roselle, who led their owners down more than 1,400 steps and out of the towers to safety.
Both pups were later recognized with the Dickin Medal, the highest military honor for animals, often called "the animal version of the Victoria Cross." 🦮 ❤️ #BlindNewWorld
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Image: Icons of two guide dogs facing each other. Text: "Salty and Roselle: the unexpected heroes of 9/11."
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#HeroDog #HeroDogs #DogsWithJobs #GoodDog #GuideDog #GuideDogsOfInsta #NationalGuideDogMonth #NeverForget #LookForTheHelpers
Enough said. 🤷 #BlindNewWorld
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Image: Icons of a person navigating with a white cane, a wheelchair user and a person walking with a guide dog. Text: "Access. Inclusion. Equity. (That`s it. That`s the post.)"
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#TheMoreYouKnow #BeAnAlly #Accessibility #Inclusion #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityRights #DisabilityAcceptance #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityAdvocate #DisabilityIsNotInability #DisabilityNotInability #blind #blindness #VisualImpairment #VisuallyImpaired #VisionLoss #SightLoss #LowVision #LegallyBlind #MidweekMood #MidweekMotivation
Shredding into the weekend like… 🛹 🦯#BlindNewWorld
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#Repost @TodayShow and @Shred.co: “Shred.Co, a skateboard initiative in New Jersey, is teaching lessons that go far beyond the skate park. What started as a passion project for founder Evan Dittig has grown into a program that helps kids of all abilities.”
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Video description: An interview with Evan Dittig, Founder and Executive Director of Shred.Co, that shares the organization’s mission and the story of Ryan Kennedy, a blind teen learning how to skateboard with his white cane in hand. Full transcript in the comments.
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#SpreadTheShred #Skateboarding #SkateboardingIsFun #SkateboardingLife #AdaptiveSports #AdaptedSports #DisabilityIsNotInability #DisabilityNotInability #WhiteCane #BlindKidsCan #blind #blindness #VisuallyImpaired #VisualImpairment #LowVision #VisionLoss #SightLoss #LegallyBlind #WeekendVibes #FridayFeeling
Accessibility. Inclusion. Allyship. #BlindNewWorld
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#Repost @TravelHands_UK: "Your city wasn`t built for everyone. Not the streets, not the stations, not the signage and definitely not the assumptions people carry about who gets to move through it freely.
Accessibility isn`t a bonus feature. It`s the difference between a visually impaired person choosing where they go and having that choice made for them by a world that never planned for them in the first place.
At Travel Hands, we see it every day: independence isn`t about doing everything alone. It`s about having real options, real support, and the dignity of moving on your own terms."
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Image 1: A speech bubble with text: "Inclusion is not a favor."
Image 2: Orange text reads "Know the basics." A blue speech bubble above reads: "A ramp. An audio signal. A trained volunteer. These aren`t extras. They`re what makes a city usable for everyone."
Image 3: Orange text reads "Talk to the person." A blue speech bubble below reads: "Not their guide. Not their carer. Not their dog. If someone`s disabled, you still talk to them directly, like anyone else."
Image 4: Orange text reads "Support isn`t the same as rescue." A blue speech bubble above reads: "Independence doesn`t mean doing it alone. It means having the choice to move through the world on your own terms."
Image 5: Orange text reads "Ask, don`t assume." A blue speech bubble below reads: "Some people want help. Some don`t, right now. The respectful move is always ask first, not to guess for them."
Image 6: A speech bubble with text: "Share this to spread the word."
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#BeAnAlly #accessibility #AccessibilityMatters #InclusionMatters #DisabilityInclusion #Ableism #AbleismIsTrash #DisabilityIsNotInability #DisabilityNotInability #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityAcceptance #blind #blindness #VisuallyImpaired #VisualImpairment #LowVision #VisionLoss #SightLoss #LegallyBlind #MidweekMood #MidweekMotivation
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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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With some simple accommodations for #accessibility and inclusion, people with #disabilities are able to get in the game - including board games, card games, video games and more! #BlindNewWorld
(Story via @EuroNews ⬇️)
Let the games begin: Making video and board games available for all
Gamers with visual or motor impairments are increasingly creating their own ways to keep playing as industry giants ...
www.euronews.com
Content creator Hannah Weymouth, also known as "#Blind & Bored," faces her #disability with a sense of humor.
Get to know her in this interview on Enable: The Disability Podcast. #BlindNewWorld
(Story via @SyracuseDotCom ⬇️)
Blind & Bored: Vision loss with a sense of humor (Enable: The Disability Podcast)
“Blind & Bored” content creator Hannah Weymouth also shared her superpower.
www.syracuse.com
#AudioDescription goes mainstream?
A study indicates that 42% of UK adults expressed interest in listening to television drama - without the screen - after hearing examples of an #AudioDescribed experience! 💬 #BlindNewWorld
(Story via @RNIB ⬇️)
Two in five UK adults interested in listening to television drama without the screen, RNIB research...
If you're affected by sight loss, we're here for you
www.rnib.org.uk
Imagine if #accessibility was so commonplace that it became... boring? #BlindNewWorld
(Story via @OnlySkyMedia ⬇️)
Accessibility should be boring
People with disabilities should get to go to the beach, too.
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