28 4 / 2013
How Do You Use The Internet (& Tumblr) If You’re Blind?
I use NVDA, which is a screenreader, when on Windows. When using other people’s computers, have a version of it on a USB key.. or if I’m unable to do that, I use SATOGO (browser-based screenreader)
Also, I loathe JAWS, its overpriced bloatware IMO, I will never install it or zoomtext ever again.
As for Tumblr, everything you see that I reblog that is a picture has been described to me by a friend or family member, 99% of the text posts have been read or written by me using NVDA. Everything else I do online is completely autonomous.
If you’re curious, you can try my screenreader here
Thanks for the questions! If you have anything you’d like to ask me, drop a note! http://blindbombshell.tumblr.com/ask
23 6 / 2012
Frankenstein-The National Theatre, London.
I just wanted an audio described version of this play… Why - Why must you deny me, National Theatre?!
(via noodlestories)
20 6 / 2012
Literally Blind Arts
This is a link to my Etsy shop, Literally Blind Arts. As of right now, it’s just some of my photography - but in the next couple of days there will be Braille paintings also for sale and an area where you can make special requests.
Thanks for looking!
02 6 / 2012
Tumblr knows we’re lazy
-Press J to scroll down per post
-Press K to scroll up per post
-Press L to like a post
-Press Alt and the REBLOG button to reblog automatically
-Press CTRL and the REBLOG button to open the post you want to reblog, in a new tab
-Press TAB to scroll back to the top of the dashboard
Tumblr knows there are blind/visually-impaired people who use their services and appreciate the ability to navigate quickly through posts and their pages… But sure, go lazy people, too.
(Source: ohnoitstrixia, via temperanceseeley)
29 5 / 2012
[Image is a black and white photo of a young woman who is making a face at the camera, she’s holding a solo cup and a…
WHY DO PEOPLE DO THIS OMG I HATE
IF WE DON’T HAVE EYES TO SEE A PICTURE WE DON’T HAVE EYES TO READ A FUCKING DESCRIPTION
(Source: gornstars)
05 5 / 2012
A follower of mine once questioned my claim that my boyfriend David, who is blind, could ride a bike. Yesterday after school I asked him if I could video tape him. Our close friend Bobby, also blind, helped. Before he got on the bike, a security guard at our school saw him and said, “That doesn’t look safe.” I don’t really care if it is. God I love them.
Ha, it’s not really “safe” for anyone to ride a bike, if you want to be realistic. This is great, though, I’m glad that didn’t stop them from doing it.
04 5 / 2012
So, there’s this girl…
Jade Salero. She’s going blind & has made a bucket list of things to see before it happens. Must be nice to have a rich family & advanced notice of what’s going to happen to you.
The thing is, it’s not a Bucket List, okay? A bucket list implies her life is ending - it’s not ending. She’s simply losing her sight. That’s it. Life goes on. Her time would be better spent learning alternative techniques and Braille immediately than hopping on a plane for the Grand Canyon or whatever. If she learns that, she can be on the road exploring even when her vision starts to fade. She won’t have to rely on anyone and can spend more of her time experiencing the world than if she goes on this trip and loses her sight when she’s on it. What will happen then? She’ll be completely reliant on the people around her and be insecure about herself and her blindness.
Everyone is patting this girl on the back & giving her pity, these people need a reality check. Hell, she even got an article about her published here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2138218/Jade-Salero-wants-beautiful-places-goes-blind.html She’s not unique or special - this type of stuff happens all the damn time.
Trust me, I know.
04 5 / 2012
Disabled parents fight to keep newborn at home
A disabled couple in Mississauga are fighting to keep their newborn son after social workers threatened to take the boy away unless he receives round-the-clock care from an “able-bodied attendant.”
The fuq? Damn ableist bastards. How is this even okay? They should observe the couple with the child before threatening to remove the child from the home. What’s next? If I get pregnant, are they going to force me abort it because it might be blind or would they tell me I have to get married because a single blind woman cannot raise a child on her own?
29 4 / 2012
and if I don’t make eye contact they’ll think that I’m avoiding them…..I have issues I know….
Haha, that just reminds me of an exchange that happened at my brother’s wedding.
- Dude, I think your sister is giving me The Eye.
- Dude, my sister is blind.
(Source: memespot.net, via salyiha)
29 4 / 2012
Sometimes, People Get Mad At Me for Not Being a “Voice” for the Blind On My Tumblr
And I just laugh & laugh.
18 4 / 2012
Toph’s blindness was one of the most excellently handled aspects of AtLA because it wasn’t treated like a disability. So often in shows (and especially children’s animation) disabled characters are limited to apperances in “very special episodes” where the main characters have to learn a lesson that these people are capable “in spite of” their handicaps, like that episode of Kim Possible wherein Kim constantly stumbles over herself around Felix. This approach is often just as insulting as making them the butt of jokes, because it’s patronizing and it limits the amount of roles disabled characters are allowed to have.
Avatar challenged that stereotype with Teo, and then sent a giant middle finger its way by introducing Toph. She’s turned what would otherwise be a disability into an advantage, and she’s not afraid to crack jokes about it. She functions well enough that the other characters often forget that she is blind, but at the same time it’s an integral part of her bending and allows her to be the greatest earthbender ever. It sends a powerful message that having a physical disability does not make you less of a person, and often affords you a unique perspective that the so-called “normal” people never get to experience.
One of the many reasons I love this show.
(Source: thetalesofbasingse, via eightertrek)