A petition has been set up to remove her from the platform A TikToker has been on the receiving end of a huge backlash after she compared disabled children to “vegetables.” In a now-deleted livestream, Kerrie Essex Baker, from Crewe, made the awful comments alongside her husband Darren. In the stream, she said that the […]
3 years ago
She was denied her personal care assistant. Becca Meyers, a deaf and blind Paralympic swimmer, has withdrawn from Tokyo 2020 after officials refused her request to bring along her mother as her care assistant. Officials stated she had to use the same care assistant as thirty-three other athletes during her time in Japan. Twenty-six-year-old Meyers […]
4 years ago
Access to a wide range of services remains a huge issue in Ireland. A conference taking place at the end of this month will explore the real-life experiences of disabled people in Ireland in accessing reproductive health services. The event, which is the first of its kind, is presented by Re(al) Productive Justice, a project […]
5 years ago
This is brilliant. Facebook are to begin automatically describing photos to blind and visually impaired users of the social networking site. The Verge reports the technology is called Automatic Alternative Text, that describes the content of photographs and was created by Facebook’s accessibility team. The team had already made small changes to improve accessibility including […]
10 years ago
She shared the photos on her Instagram
10 years ago
This is absolutely appalling. With many candidates citing equality and fairness as a concern, its shocking to hear that citizens were denied the right to vote because of accessibility issues. Vice President of Paralympics Ireland and retired athlete, Eimear Breathnach, was amongst a selection of voters who were unable to vote. Taking to Twitter she […]
10 years ago