Did you know that Paul McCartney included a secret braille message to Stevie Wonder on his 1973 Wings album, Red Rose Speedway?

We love little moments of inclusion and allyship in the #BlindNewWorld. 🫶

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#Repost @MarsMadex: "I love finding out fun facts about my records..."

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Video description: Musician Mars Madex holds up Paul and Linda McCartney`s Ram album. Text on screen reads, "Everyone knows about Paul`s hidden message to Linda..." Mars flips the album and points to a small inscription on its cover: L.I.L.Y. Text reads, "Linda, I love you."

Mars then holds up the Red Rose Speedway album by Wings, with Paul McCartney on the cover. Text reads, "But did you know he also left a message for Stevie Wonder in braille on Red Rose Speedway?" Mars flips the record around and points to a braille message embossed on the cover. Text reads, "We love you, baby."

"My Love" by Wings plays over the video. There is no other audio.

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#BeAnAlly #DidYouKnow #FunFact #FunFactFriday #FriendGoals #PaulMcCartney #StevieWonder #DisabilityInclusion #braille #blind #blindness #VisuallyImpaired #VisualImpairment #LowVision #VisionLoss #SightLoss #LegallyBlind ...

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 ...

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 ...