#impairments — Public Fediverse posts

Seats left for our #workshop "Experiencing Digital Accessibility: Understanding Barriers Beyond the Screen"🎙️

Through a combination of demonstrations of #assistive #technologies, guided exercises and reflection, you will explore how people with #visual #impairments navigate digital interfaces.The session aims to foster empathy through experience, and to provide a starting point to create more inclusive digital products.

📍Linz, AT
🗓️ Nov, 25th
🕕 2–5 pm
🎟️ Free
🔗 https://umfrage.servus.at/index.php/639133

Seats left for our #workshop "Experiencing Digital Accessibility: Understanding Barriers Beyond the Screen"🎙️

Through a combination of demonstrations of #assistive #technologies, guided exercises and reflection, you will explore how people with #visual #impairments navigate digital interfaces.The session aims to foster empathy through experience, and to provide a starting point to create more inclusive digital products.

📍Linz, AT
🗓️ Nov, 25th
🕕 2–5 pm
🎟️ Free
🔗 https://umfrage.servus.at/index.php/639133

"Not all people using screen readers are blind. Some may have enough vision to know that an image is on the screen but not to make out its content. And some people with thinking disabilities may see the image but struggle to interpret it. All these people expect their screen reader to describe the image for them."

by Ela Gorla: https://tetralogical.com/blog/2025/10/14/common-misconceptions-about-screen-readers/ via @SaraSoueidan

#webDev #accessibility #a11y #Web #UX #screenReaders #impairments

"Not all people using screen readers are blind. Some may have enough vision to know that an image is on the screen but not to make out its content. And some people with thinking disabilities may see the image but struggle to interpret it. All these people expect their screen reader to describe the image for them."

by Ela Gorla: https://tetralogical.com/blog/2025/10/14/common-misconceptions-about-screen-readers/ via @SaraSoueidan

#webDev #accessibility #a11y #Web #UX #screenReaders #impairments

Chronic ethanol produces sex-dependent impairments in striatum computations

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adt0200

#HackerNews #ChronicEthanol #Striatum #Impairments #SexDependent #Neuroscience #Research

Chronic ethanol produces sex-dependent impairments in striatum computations

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adt0200

#HackerNews #ChronicEthanol #Striatum #Impairments #SexDependent #Neuroscience #Research

Chronic ethanol produces sex-dependent impairments in striatum computations

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adt0200

#HackerNews #ChronicEthanol #Striatum #Impairments #SexDependent #Neuroscience #Research

Chronic ethanol produces sex-dependent impairments in striatum computations

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adt0200

#HackerNews #ChronicEthanol #Striatum #Impairments #SexDependent #Neuroscience #Research

For people with motor #impairments it's sometimes hard to perform a #gesture on #Android #Phones.

Is there a way to associate a #gesture with a function that is stored on the screen, such as an #app #launcher?

#a11y #Accessibility #Usability

First #trans #athlete at #ParalympicGames says her #participation ‘is an #important #symbol of #inclusion’

Sprinter #ValentinaPetrillo, 50, was chosen to represent #Italy in #Paraathletics at the #Paris 2024 #Paralympics and will compete in the women's #T12 #classification for #athletes with #visual #impairments.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Sports #Representation #Culture

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/13/transgender-athlete-paralympics/

First #trans #athlete at #ParalympicGames says her #participation ‘is an #important #symbol of #inclusion’

Sprinter #ValentinaPetrillo, 50, was chosen to represent #Italy in #Paraathletics at the #Paris 2024 #Paralympics and will compete in the women's #T12 #classification for #athletes with #visual #impairments.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Sports #Representation #Culture

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/13/transgender-athlete-paralympics/

First #trans #athlete at #ParalympicGames says her #participation ‘is an #important #symbol of #inclusion’

Sprinter #ValentinaPetrillo, 50, was chosen to represent #Italy in #Paraathletics at the #Paris 2024 #Paralympics and will compete in the women's #T12 #classification for #athletes with #visual #impairments.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Sports #Representation #Culture

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/13/transgender-athlete-paralympics/

First #trans #athlete at #ParalympicGames says her #participation ‘is an #important #symbol of #inclusion’

Sprinter #ValentinaPetrillo, 50, was chosen to represent #Italy in #Paraathletics at the #Paris 2024 #Paralympics and will compete in the women's #T12 #classification for #athletes with #visual #impairments.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Sports #Representation #Culture

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/13/transgender-athlete-paralympics/

First #trans #athlete at #ParalympicGames says her #participation ‘is an #important #symbol of #inclusion’

Sprinter #ValentinaPetrillo, 50, was chosen to represent #Italy in #Paraathletics at the #Paris 2024 #Paralympics and will compete in the women's #T12 #classification for #athletes with #visual #impairments.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Sports #Representation #Culture

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/13/transgender-athlete-paralympics/

Check out this 3D-printable model of Mars.

It has been developed as part of "A Touch of the Universe", a non-profit project for a tactile astronomy kit addressed to children with vision impairments.

Details and links in the model's description

https://skfb.ly/oM78v

#visionimpaired #astronomy #kids #children #tactile #model #mars #3Dmodel #3Dprint #3Dprinting #3Dprintable #3D #universe #astrophysics #astrodon #space #science #research #STEM #scicomm #vision #impairments #uvao

Check out this 3D-printable model of Mars.

It has been developed as part of "A Touch of the Universe", a non-profit project for a tactile astronomy kit addressed to children with vision impairments.

Details and links in the model's description

https://skfb.ly/oM78v

#visionimpaired #astronomy #kids #children #tactile #model #mars #3Dmodel #3Dprint #3Dprinting #3Dprintable #3D #universe #astrophysics #astrodon #space #science #research #STEM #scicomm #vision #impairments #uvao

Join #DynamicFontDay 2023!

Design matters: Usage of digital media by Easy-to-read audience
Sabina Sieghart, READSEARCH, HASSELT, BELGIUM

Despite #ETR tool growth, little is known about how those with cognitive #impairments use digital media. Sabina Sieghart, a design researcher and PhD student in Belgium, will share insights from a study on German ETR users' interactions with digital documents, including PDF and HTML, following #WCAG guidelines.

more: https://dynamicfontday.com #disabilities

Join #DynamicFontDay 2023!

Design matters: Usage of digital media by Easy-to-read audience
Sabina Sieghart, READSEARCH, HASSELT, BELGIUM

Despite #ETR tool growth, little is known about how those with cognitive #impairments use digital media. Sabina Sieghart, a design researcher and PhD student in Belgium, will share insights from a study on German ETR users' interactions with digital documents, including PDF and HTML, following #WCAG guidelines.

more: https://dynamicfontday.com #disabilities

The first day of #UserTesting is done! 🎉
I can’t believe how much I learned today about how people with #visual #impairments navigate the web. Totally recommend doing testing with real people!
Now I’m gonna go & relax for the rest of the evening. My brain is dead from listening to screen readers all day and not being used to it. 🙈

The first day of #UserTesting is done! 🎉
I can’t believe how much I learned today about how people with #visual #impairments navigate the web. Totally recommend doing testing with real people!
Now I’m gonna go & relax for the rest of the evening. My brain is dead from listening to screen readers all day and not being used to it. 🙈

#Neuroscientists at MIT have now shown that two distinct cell populations in the striatum are affected differently by #Huntington’s disease. They believe that #neurodegeneration of one of these populations leads to motor #impairments.
#Neuroscience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/01/ns01202301.html

#Neuroscientists at MIT have now shown that two distinct cell populations in the striatum are affected differently by #Huntington’s disease. They believe that #neurodegeneration of one of these populations leads to motor #impairments.
#Neuroscience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/01/ns01202301.html