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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 ...

What Are Refreshable Braille Displays?

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[Image Description:  The image shows a diagram of a Refreshable Braille 18 Display. There is a row of refreshable Braille dots labeled "Braille Cells" that can display text at the top of the device. There are cursor routing controls, advance bars, auxiliary space, six blue Braille input keys, a joystick for navigation, a row of three blue keys labeled "7 Key, Space Bar, 8 Key," and a power button at the bottom. Each part of the Refreshable Braille 18 Display is labeled with its name in left-aligned black text with red arrows pointing to each part. The device also has a silver casing and appears to be portable. ] CONTENT WARNING:  I would like to mention that I am not an eye doctor or any other 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 ...