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Supporting Toddlers in the Disability Community

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[Image Description:  This image shows hemp with five clothes pins attached to it hanging down and across from a ceiling in a classroom. There is one autism awareness infinity symbol craft attached to each clothes pin. The infinity symbols are each white paper cut-outs with several red, yellow, dark green, and light blue paper cut-out puzzle pieces glued on each. These crafts were made by my former toddler students in my former 12-24 month old classroom for World Autism Day in 2021. ] CONTENT WARNING:   I would like to mention that I am not a medical professional.  All content posted on my disability advocate/teacher influencer page is for educational purposes only based on my personal experiences with no intent to provide any professional services.  Social media should never be used as a substitute for mental nor medical health care advice.  If you suspect that you or any loved ones are experiencing any medical health concerns, it is okay to get help, and I high...

Second Edition: Making Social Media More Accessible for the Disability Community

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                              [Image Description: The image has a light pink background with my First Former Buddy Club President logo in the bottom left corner. "Second Edition: Making Social Media More Accessible for the Disability Community" is in left-aligned black text in a white text box center-aligned at the top. There are 5 hands of different skin colors with different colored sleeves and a prosthetic hand each holding a cell phone, 1 pink computer with a blacked-out screen, and the X, Instagram, Snapchat, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Facebook logos scattered below this text. ] La st year I rebranded my disability advocate influencer page by making some adaptations to make my page more accessible for the disability community. Since last year, I have conducted a lot of research about accessibility on social media and been further kindly educated about accessibility features on social media. I continue to ...