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The Climb: My Life in the Arts

Actor and artist Ronnie Chism is one of the stars of the Art…

A Black woman stands confidently on a city street, holding her mobility cane in her fist.

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Art, music, and entertainment

The Climb: My Life in the Arts

A photo that creates a kaleidoscope effect with five images of Precious. In the center image, she looks chill with her hands behind her head. In the four "reflected" images, she's smiling and holding her white mobility cane. In all images, she's wearing a pink sleeveless top with ruffles and a bow, pink gloves that reach up to her elbows, and a pink skirt. Her dark hair is in box braids styled in buns, and she's wearing vibrant makeup with green eyeshadow. In the top right corner of the photo, there is a yellow label with the text "Precious Perez" and below it, the word "Rosé" in a cursive font.

Art, music, and entertainment

The True Definition of Success

Matthew Saracho, holding his white mobility cane, and a companion in front of a sign for East Los Angeles College with their arms up in victory

Education

A Ten-Year Journey Through College While Blind and Autistic

Braille

Becoming Dotty About Braille

Aaron, a young white man with a mustache and black-rimmed glasses, smiles for the camera

Career and jobs

Through the LENS of Experience: Cultivating a New Generation of Blind Leaders

Tom, a young white man with short, dark brown hair and balck-rimmed glasses, smiling

Self-determination and self-advocacy

From High School to College: New Surroundings, New People (Same Old Vision)

Burgon, a blonde white woman, stands outdoors, smiling.

Tools and technology

The Power of Connection: the Free Service that Changed my Life

Lacie, a white woman with long, light brown hair, stands against a tan background, smiling with her eyes closed.

Self-determination and self-advocacy

Blind Since Birth: my Life with ONH

Prabath stands outdoors on the steps of a wooded trail covered in autumn leaves, holding his mobility cane

Orientation and mobility

Coming Full Circle – the Gift of Mobility

Millie, a 12-year-old Black girl, smiles while using her BrailleDoodle device

Tools and technology

BrailleDoodle: a New York Teacher Invents Something to Change Everything

Maddie, a young white woman with short brown hair, sits outdoors and smiles for the camera

Self-determination and self-advocacy

The Youngest in the Room: My Life with Glaucoma at 20

Frankie Ann stands among towering sunflowers, holding her mobility cane and smiling broadly for the camera

Self-determination and self-advocacy

Looking at Life through a Rose-colored Cane

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Spinning into the weekend? Check out this accessible, inclusive game of dreidel! 🧮 #BlindNewWorld
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#Repost @StaceyTVI: Happy Hanukkah!! We had so much fun playing dreidel with our abacus! Such an easy way to add some accessible fun to lessons this week!!
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Image: A red dreidel with a braille label and a "cheat sheet" of dreidel rules in braille are surrounded by three abacuses.
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#DreidelDreidelDreidel #dreidel #InclusiveHolidays #HappyHanukkah #braille #BrailleIsBeautiful #BrailleLiteracy #BrailleMatters #TeachersOfInstagram #TeachersFollowTeachers #Teachers #Teacher #TeacherOfTheVisuallyImpaired #DisabilityIsNotInability #DisabilityNotInability #BlindKidsCan #blind #blindness #VisuallyImpaired #VisualImpairment #LowVision #VisionLoss #SightLoss #LegallyBlind #WeekendVibes #FridayFeeling #FriYay ...

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Disability is not inability. #BlindNewWorld
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#Repost @LiberalJane: "For the 1 billion people in the world with disabilities, bodily autonomy is a right but not always a reality.

An inclusive and equitable world is possible, but only if we respect the rights of disabled people 🧡"
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Image: A digital illustration of a large group of disabled people of different ethnicities, ages, and genders. Among the crowd are service and emotional support animals. The main sign reads, "Disabled people are experts of their own lives and know what they need." There are two smaller protest signs that read, "I shouldn’t lose benefits when I get married" and "Ban sub-minimum wage."
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#BeAnAlly #DisabilityInclusion #DisabledAndProud #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityRights #DisabilityAdvocate #DisabilityIsNotInability #DisabilityNotInability #BlindNotBroken #blind #blindess #VisuallyImpaired #VisualImpairment #LowVision #VisionLoss #SightLoss #LegallyBlind #MidweekMood #MidweekMotivation ...

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Brotherly love. 🫶 #BlindNewWorld
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#Repost @XAmbassadors: "I’m right here…"
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Video description: Sam and Casey Harris of X Ambassadors sit on a bench overlooking grass, hills and a large body of water. Casey is holding is white mobility cane. Text overlaid on the video reads, "My brother Casey was born blind. We`ve played in a band together for 15 years. I wrote this song for him."
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#XAmbassadors #CaseyHarris #Brothers #BrotherLove #BrotherlyLove #brotherhood #BeAnAlly #DisabilityIsNotInability #DisabilityNotInability #WhiteCane #MobilityCane #YesWeCane #RockTheCane #BlindMusician #BlindArtist #blind #blindness #VisuallyImpaired #VisualImpairment #LowVision #VisionLoss #SightLoss #LegallyBlind #MondayMood #MondayMotivation ...

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Our heart just grew three sizes. 💓 #BlindNewWorld
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#Repost @LucyEdwardsOfficial: "The Grinch has never audio described himself before… wait until the end! (AD:PR Event)

You can find The Grinch at @UniversalOrlando until the 31st December!"
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Video description: Video opens with text on screen that reads, "I`m blind and I got the Grinch to audio describe himself." Lucy approaches the Grinch in his red sleigh. He invites her and her guide dog to come in closer as he describes himself and gives her a... tactile tour... of his fur. (When he says "touch my stomach," he turns around and presents his bottom instead, which Lucy takes in stride.)
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#TheGrinch #Grinch #Grinchmas #ItsTheMostWonderfulTimeOfTheYear #BeAnAlly #Inclusion #InclusionMatters #Inclusive #Accessibility #AccessibilityMatters #a11y #AudioDescription #DisabilityIsNotInability #DisabilityNotInability #BlindNotBroken #blind #blindness #VisuallyImpaired #VisualImpairment #LowVision #VisionLoss #SightLoss #LegallyBlind #FridayFeeling #FriYay #WeekendVibes ...

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