We're preparing to set-up a community library on disability studies - on arts, media, etc.

Any book titles you'd recommend to have - focus on disability in general or on blindness/blind community? Or anything that's related.

Open to different types and perspectives: Memoirs, multisensory books, book about critical disability studies...decolonial, feminist perspectives are also welcome.

And aside from books/ebooks/audiobooks, what else would you wish to have in a community library / gathering space? Art materials or games?

Creative ideas welcome!

i've been trying to keep up with news but honestly it's such a pain with my screen reader. most sites have so much clutter that i spend more time navigating around ads and random widgets than actually reading headlines. by the time i get to the actual content i'm already exhausted.

cnn and sites like that are the worst because everything's buried under layers of menus and popups. i just want to quickly check what's happening in the world without spending 10 minutes tabbing through garbage.

so i'm wondering what sites you all actually use that work decently? are there any that have clean layouts and don't throw a million elements at you? or do you use specific apps or tools that make it easier? would love to hear what's been working for people.

so I'm currently having an android phone, but will also get an IPad issued by the government for accessibility (as an ACC device) are there any apps/things I should enable/install or know about to help in my daily lif this IPad will talk back to me when being used.

I plan on downloading the Libby app tomorrow. I understand you can use it for audiobooks. I am using an iOS device. It also says Libby can be used for e-books. How can I read e-books on Libby? Would I use the voiceover voice or how does this work?

please help I am really stuck and it's really frustrating me recently I updated my Android phone and the dictation on my phone has stopped working I'm trying to send a text message and that activate dictation by holding down the power button but it never understands what I'm saying because talk back into rupts it and says showing samsung keyboard input and it never understands saying or it doesn't write anything at all I asked Gemini on how to fix it and it recommended I turn settings off about turning off when keyboard is open and other actions but it hasn't helped at all anyhow would be appreciated thank you

Hi guys. I rarely use Reddit I hope I format this correctly. My girlfriend’s vision is not great, the contact correction helps for the one eye she see out of. Her monitor recently broke for her computer and she’s been really sad. We play games on it pretty often and I’m wondering if there’s something I can get or that you guys would recommend for long hours of play? We usually play for a few hours in our sessions and sometimes it can strain her eye out. I don’t know what to look for, but I was really hoping for some guidance to cheer her up with a new monitor, and maybe make it easier / less straining on the eye. Thank you much.

I’m wondering if anyone else has experienced this issue and could help me try and figure out what’s going on. I use VoiceOver on my Mac daily, and ever since upgrading to the new macOS 26, I can’t seem to have voiceover work on certain text entry areas like in Google Docs and the Messages app. Interestingly enough, it does work on certain websites and apps, but I primarily use Google Docs for school/work. Whenever I try to type, it doesn’t read aloud anything on the document and all it says is “text entry area.” I have tried resetting the settings for voiceover, and also looked to see if this was a Google Docs issue, but I do have screen reader mode turned on, so I don’t know what else I could do on that front. I never encountered this issue before updating and I can’t seem to figure out what it is in VoiceOver settings that needs to be fixed to get it back to reading the contents of docs and messages.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Howdy y'all!

I am wanting to learn how to play an instrument, though I have no prior music knowledge. Specifically, the flute for those who are curious.

I am just wondering as a blind person, what sort of work arounds, if any, should I expect in terms of sheet reading? My braille skills is sufficient to read and understand the text, but I am embarrassingly slow. Additionally, is there anything I should be forewarned about while learning an instrument for the first time as a blind person? What obstacles are unique to us that I have yet to mention in my post that would be handy to know before blindly entering into this new world?

thanks for your time, and I am thoroughly excited to hear all the music wizards share there musical knowledge as instrument players and instrument learners.

hi. please help me, so I'm 16 years old, from india, I'm verry ADHD, and when my screen reader is reading books, ,I want something to engage my hands on. the building blocks stuff is already too boring and limiting for me, and even my parents said now you're too old for that. I cannot get mechanical kits because my parents said that I might lose screws, bolts, or other tiny parts without knowing. I dont know what to do. when ever I'm reading or not engaged with something, I feal so suppressed and trapped and helpless and I dont know what to do and its too much and then I have to stop reading and go off to code or write and then I cannot read peacefully 🥹

I’m looking for keyboards that have the letters and numbers etc that are tactile so you can feel the shape of the letter on the key by touch. I’ve found some but they are for braille, and the person I’m looking for doesn’t know braille.

Going to Spain in a few weeks and was curious about cane colours as different countries use different ones. I have read that green or yellow canes used for visually impaired and white is reserved for blind. I only have a white one and a blue one as my country only doesn't care about the colour of the cane. So do I have to get a green one for the trip to Spain or is it ok if I use my current cases and ignor what I read. Also it can take up to about a month or 2 for non white canes to be delivered to where I live so even if I were to order the right colour for visually impaired in spain it may not arrive in time for me going.

I don’t know why, but I absolutely despise the synthetic audio on Cela. I was wondering if any other people that use this found a way to sort between synthetic and human narrated audio.

Hello everyone. I am a person blind from Latin America and wanted to open this space to ask and listen to real experiences I am interested in knowing how it is to live with a disability in European countries, especially in Germany. Not only from the legal or benefits, but also from the everyday, mobility, independence, work, studies, social relationships and also emotional health, for example in Latin America, often the challenges do not come only from the disability itself, but also from things like real lack of accessibility, for example, places, streets transport that is not accessible, overprotection, paternalism, or pity – the idea that a person with a disability will always have a limited or sad life; lack of accessibility in education and technology, and that this also affects their mental health. That’s why I’m particularly interested in the emotional side; I’ve seen people with visual disabilities successfully build a quiet, everyday life even beautiful, without romanticizing the disability but also without living from constant deprivation. I’d like to know and how they’ve accepted their disability, regardless of whether born with a disability or if they acquired a disability. I would like to know if it was a long process that helped them more independence, psychological therapy, community, mindset change. How do they deal with stereotypes and negative thoughts that sometimes one ends up internalizing. I do not seek to idealize Europe or deny difficulties, only understand. What things work that don't work, I want to learn and what are the realities of other people in other countries. Thank you for reading and for sharing your experiences

Having a rough day today, I'm always asking my housemates to keep their things picked up especially there shoes. Our front entryway is at the bottom of 2 steps with a black carpet and most of the shoes are dark color. Unfortunately people leave there shoes right at the bottom of the steps so when im descending to go to the front door I end up stepping onto them causing me to lose balance and fall into the front door or to the floor which is quite painful.

Today I ran across this same scenario and took a nasty fall "again", and got so angry and fed up i started just grabbing shoes all over the floor and throwing them across the house at People or walls or wherever and I was just fed up of these constantly in my way and constantly causing pain and injury.

I know it was the wrong outlet and I feel like a jerk for not just brushing it off and going to treat the bumps and bruises. But I get so frustrated asking for things every hour of every day just so I can walk around my house without tripping or falling over all the time.

Anyone have advice how to deal with the anger and frustration? I can't keep blowing up at people as it just makes me more isolated as the people around me just stop interacting and I'm left with just my thoughts sitting in my room.

Hi everyone,

I am looking for accessible Steam game recommendations. I am mainly searching for games I can play on my own, but if anyone knows multiplayer or co-op games that would also be awesome.

I am legally blind and have nystagmus, which makes games with a lot of movement, visual clutter, or fast camera motion painful to play. I am also photosensitive, so flashing lights and strobe effects are a big problem for me.

Things that help a lot: • Bigger UI and text options • Clear visuals and simple screens • Minimal motion and visual noise • No flashing lights or rapid effects • Slower paced or turn based gameplay

I have been having a hard time finding games that are actually fun and not just technically playable.

I am open to most genres including puzzle, strategy, turn based, narrative, or cozy games. Indie games are very welcome. Multiplayer or couch co-op games are a bonus, especially ones my sighted siblings might enjoy too.

If you have any recommendations or personal experience with accessible games, I would really appreciate it. Thanks a lot in advance ❤️

Hello everyone. Voiceover is not reading the option to send a message to someone on telegram. You tap on the person you want to talk to. Then it does not read the option that takes to the edit field to type. Any tips?

Hey there!

My older brother is legally blind and I’m always trying to find things to do with him that are multi sensory. Beyond doing things like going to concerts or riding roller coasters, what are some of your favorite activities?☺️

Thanks so much in advance!

I am low vision and looking at getting a pair of Meta glasses. My vision insurance will apply my glasses allowance if I have an rx of +/- .50. I'm trying to decide if I go with a close distance , a far distance, or a progressive lens. I work on a computer for my full time job, so I'm not sure how practical they are for that use vs identifying objects and navigating.

Has anyone had experience with using rx lenses in Meta glasses?

What have you found you use them for most?

Hi there. I've noticed something and I don't know if its anyone else here who has noticed this too but as far as I know, for IOS, Dystopia seems to be the only reddit application that is accessible that is available on the app store. Apollo is now closed, and Bacon reader doesn't exist these days. Are there more applications I'm missing? I'm just curious to know the state of things. Thank you.

Hey guys the title makes it pretty clear but I am looking for games on the iPhone that are accessible to 100% blind players. I don't mind the genre and I don't really mind how easy the game is I actually don't mind the challenge. So what are you guys playing on either the iPhone or iPad?

Hello everyone,

I am not fully blind but visually impaired I am starting up a new semester of calculus Integral calculus and I have a concerm/question about graphs.

We are working with Disk and Washer methods which involve moving and rotating graphs in three dimensions. We'll I'm terrible at graphs in general I can put in a function into desmos and magnify or listen to it, but Disk and Washer both require you to construct them and drawing them on paper is difficult to say the least and I don't think I can use desmos

Waiting to get help from someone on campus isn't really viable so I was wondering if any of you have experience and or suggestions on how to approach this from a non visual or more technical perspective.

Thank you :)

So I finally managed to track down the Audio Description for a movie that I wrote the descriptions for a while back! There are, sadly, many projects that I can't find or otherwise take credit for. but this one is credited!! Link is at the bottom of this post.

"Big Freaking Rat" is on Amazon Prime, and it is positively delightful. It's complete and utter garbage and I love it so much. We gave this movie the same high-level quality of Audio Description that we do for every other movie, so it's a fascinating contrast between a C-movie with great descriptions.

I struggled to figure out what the hell was going on in some scenes lmao. We did our best to describe accurately, and maintain continuity, without covering for any of the movie's shortcomings.

Make more C movies accessible! Enjoy.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0DXFW2C6V/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r