Welcome to another episode of a doctor saying Nothing Is Wrong With You this time i had something in the scans, a diagnosis, & doctor referral! Sure I am used to not being believed, but at least believe other doctors??Or are they also lying Istg one day their dismissal will lead to my death

Hello everyone! I am making a directory/list on storygraph and Gr for 'ownvoices' books that represent fiction and non-fiction QUEER DISABLED BIPOC perspectives. Do contribute! Also would anyone be interested in a gr group etc focused on reading those books? Links below/1

Has anyone been in touch with Gregory? @oedipusnj.bsky.social

Hello everyone in 2023 I had hosted a challenge on Twitter called #WritersMayhemOfMay It had 3 parts, a 7 day Q/A, a 7 day Snippet Share, and then a Make A Playlist party where everyone suggest songs that fit the vibes of book pitches I was wondering if anyone would be interested if I did it again?

The possibility of AI scraping alt text is not an excuse to throw disabled people under the bus. The goal is to get rid of AI, not to get rid of disabled people.

Some are suggesting you deliberately write inaccurate or confusing alt text, because they say this confuses AI scrapers that are analyzing images. The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.

Don't forget transcripts for video and audio. These will help blind users and low-vision users, deaf and hard-of-hearing users, people with ADHD, and people with audio-processing disorders. Transcripts also benefit search engines, people in quiet spaces, and people in a hurry.

How are fellow blind/vi people using this site? Are you not finding it inaccessible? Please share tips if any /genq

Hello everyone in 2023 I had hosted a challenge on Twitter called #WritersMayhemOfMay It had 3 parts, a 7 day Q/A, a 7 day Snippet Share, and then a Make A Playlist party where everyone suggest songs that fit the vibes of book pitches I was wondering if anyone would be interested if I did it again?

Hi everyone! Don't know if you remember but in 2022 and 2023 i used to host a writing prompt every Sunday called #SundaysSoftness. It was mainly on Twitter, though I had done a few on BlueSky. I was wondering if anyone would be interested if I started it again here and on Twitter?

Hi does anyone have books about chronic illness/pain/disability that focus on slowly loosing your sense of self and then gaining it again and then loosing it again due to falling more sick again/aggravated flare up/additional condition diagnosis etc Preferably fiction. /1

To avoid being censored by social media platforms, some people intentionally misspell words or replace letters with symbols or numbers. This causes confusion and problems for screen reader users, people with cognitive and reading disabilities, and people learning the language.

700+ people are following me and I am following 500+ why do i keep seeing posts i engaged with on my feed where's everyone else 😭

I'm often asked after my talks, "How do I get started with accessibility?" because there's so much information that some just don't know where to start. I've put together a list of role-based resources to serve as a starting point. rightbadcode.com/accessibilit... #Accessibility #A11y

The hashtag #accessibility allows you to find lots of accessibility-related resources. To find accessibility resources in Spanish, use the hashtag #accesibilidad. The hashtag #accessibilité helps you find resources in French.

Last chance! Only 2 more days left to grab this bundle for Indie April 😁 itch.io/b/3623/the-a... 📢📚💙🤏📚🪐 #DiscountBooks

I'm going to scream. For whatever reason, Meta has apparently removed the ability to schedule Facebook and Instagram posts with alt text in Meta Business Suite. That's incredibly frustrating, especially for smaller content creators who can't afford third-party management tools. #Accessibility

✨ FANTASY SHORT STORY ✨ 🎭 a magician’s last act 💖 a burgeoning romance 🗡️ brothers at odds 📓 21 pages 🔖 universal link: mybook.to/H6oGDdB 💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/the-final-ac... 📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/12... [ #booksky ]

Writing Time! This is your daily kick to do something you can be proud of! Be it drawing, writing, reading, gardening, or whatever, I hope you have a great day!

I just finished watching percy jackson s2 and I have thoughts anyone has watched it?

We need help with our rent. My husband works 3 delivery jobs but 2 keep cutting his hours, and we recently lost our health insurance. We're $535 short on our rent. Bewsts & retwts appreciated. #MutualAid #NEISVoid #DisabilitySky #Crowdfunding #PleaseHelp Paypal.me/LAKnight89 Venmo.com/LAKnight89

I’ve been needing to practice drawing clothing and better define their looks so it’s ✨paper doll time✨ We got Base Model Kye, Travel Kye, Formal Kye, and Off The Rails Kye

IRON WIDOW x G-WITCH In a world where major temple priestesses dance in pairs to unlock the powers of a mech, rival Nadiya is confused over why Amalea, who can dance with many, wants her. Worse, Nadiya becomes ostracized right as they notice Amalea's trouble... #questpit #W #A #SFF #S #LGBT

Been here 10 mins and my visions so blurred and my screen reader keeps glitching on here bye ig can't see anything properly :(

When people ask, "How can I promote my art when the world is going to shit" I hear that as, "How do I have the right to make art when the world is going to shit" And... We need art more than ever during such times. You need to be making art more than ever during such times.

How are fellow blind/vi people using this site? Are you not finding it inaccessible? Please share tips if any /genq

Overlays are widgets or technologies that promise to improve a site's accessibility with third-party source code. More than 1,000 accessibility advocates and web developers have signed an open letter to explain the limitations and dangers of these products.

This site is so inaccessible to me but so is Twitter and gr removed dms so hv been so lonely and I keep getting sicker and no one understands. Miss the online friends i once had tbh

Despite being terribly sick all week, I’ve been making good progress on my next-to-be-published chonker - the sequel to The Wish and the Demon. I’m hopingggg I can get it out this summer. 🥰 What’s everyone else working on of late? 🪶🙂‍↕️

I am so not doing ok rn ugh

Hi does anyone have books about chronic illness/pain/disability that focus on slowly loosing your sense of self and then gaining it again and then loosing it again due to falling more sick again/aggravated flare up/additional condition diagnosis etc Preferably fiction. /1

if you're interested in a book with plant magic, a sentient forest, and a sentient bundle of plant life that hates the MC on sight, you should preorder THE LORD OF THE WOOD btw www.harlequin.com/shop/books/9...

Hi, wondering how to write good image descriptions and #AltText? Here's a detailed breakdown for you 🧵 [I am not claiming to be an expert, this advice is based on my personal experience as a visually impaired person.]

Some of my favorite reads in the past 2years(ish) were- The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events) Anne of Green Gables The False Prince Series Such a Lonely, Lovely Road Oathbound All the Right Reasons Weather Girl Melted by a Man The Memory Police The Matchmaker Bluets /1

hi everyone how has life been treating you feeling pretty lonely these days haven't talked to any online friends in a long time

Does anyone have any queer arranged marriage/marriage of convenience fantasy/sff book recs? Something like A Strange and Stubborn Endurance in terms of lose concept. I'm somewhat flexible on genre but want more queer stories with this trope.

If you are a person who works in social media, and your job requires you to manage an account on Twitter/X, please ask your boss, in writing, to verify that you are required as a responsibility of your position to be on a platform that knowingly creates and monetizes child sexual abuse material …

so. i was diagnosed with Clinical Ehler Danlos Type 1 today. does anyone know more about this?

This place is still inaccessible in so many ways :/ perhaps i shld do an updated thread soon

🌈📚💙📚❓ Anyone want to give some fitting recs? ⤵️⤵️⤵️

Some of my favorite reads in the past 2years(ish) were- The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events) Anne of Green Gables The False Prince Series Such a Lonely, Lovely Road Oathbound All the Right Reasons Weather Girl Melted by a Man The Memory Police The Matchmaker Bluets /1

hi this is a humble request to pls talk and interact with me again! Bluesky ui is not very accessible to me so I am not checking people's feeds much unfortunately but i would love to be involved again, maybe you can reply with your latest post and I will check it out!

surely someone i know has written this, right?????

Just FYI in case anyone's interested, when you put a bunch of emojis after your screen name it makes it unnecessarily challenging for people who use screen readers to read your posts and follow you. The screen reader will read out every single emoji description every time you pop up in their feed.

If you’re wanting to learn about how to write alt text here is a great starting point! bsky.app/profile/bhav...

Does anyone have any queer arranged marriage/marriage of convenience fantasy/sff book recs? Something like A Strange and Stubborn Endurance in terms of lose concept. I'm somewhat flexible on genre but want more queer stories with this trope.

I've been sitting on this news for a bit, and now I finally get to share!! my short story "The Star Tender" is going to be published in Flame Tree's Dreams Divine anthology!! it's my first publication and I'm super excited! 😁💖 blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...

Hi everyone! Hope you remember me 👀 Would love to get in touch with all my friends here again please comment/dm me 💜

Why doesn't BlueSky login and forgot password have a view password option?

hi everyone