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Yep. Exactly. Nobody wants to spend the $ to make their businesses accessible. Gov'ts do not want to help as much as they "blah, blah, blah" about how much they support accessibility.

@fullfathomfive 🙁 Let's make Mastodon and other platforms more accessible for everyone, together :boost_animated:

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People need to understand that they are only temporarily abled. Our faculties are fragile. We could lose them in an instant to an accident or just because of our genetics. But even barring that, we will certainly lose them as we age.

Even purely out of selfishness, sooner or later, #accessibility becomes important to *everyone*.

@fullfathomfive See also: covid-aware people.

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This is a #stigma cycle.

@fullfathomfive We need to stamp “If you build it, they will come” onto every architect and designer’s forehead.

@fullfathomfive Also Account Recovery.

@fullfathomfive The shitty cycle continues & we keep fighting against it ✊️

@fullfathomfive Truth.

@fullfathomfive making things accessible for those like wheelchairs also help with scooters and bikes and other wheeled things

@fullfathomfive there’s levels of disability too: my daughter has very high support needs, so activities and facilities that claim to cater for disabled people often don’t cater for her: we need hoists for toiletting, swimming, using beach chairs, etc. she needs a mashed/liquid diet. She needs to avoid infection

I did my best to “manage” for many years, to give her the best life and involve her in the community, but now I have long covid, and I no longer have the energy

@fullfathomfive the Nation State hides it's insufficiencies in duties to citizens it can't fulfil, poverty is the same template.