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In reply to @jamminjerry.

@jamminjerry @seedy I know people who consume screen reader speech output at 1,000 words per minute, process that info and interact with it every day. They are definitely not illiterate.

In reply to @jamminjerry.

@jamminjerry @seedy Fuck it, writing the article. /me cracks nuckles, opens text editor.

In reply to @jamminjerry.

@jamminjerry @seedy And look, I get it. If you were taught braille as a child, and that's how you initially learned to read, it's tempting to conclude that blind people who can't read braille must be illiterate. But that's just not how literacy works.

In reply to @jamminjerry.

@jamminjerry @seedy Stupid isn't the right word for this. It's just wrong track wrong train wrong. It's an example of recursive wrongness.

In reply to @jamminjerry.

@jamminjerry @seedy Christ now I want to write an article for WBH about this.

In reply to @seedy.

@seedy @jamminjerry blind people who can't read braille can't spell, it wouldn't matter because the ability to spell correctly isn't literacy.

In reply to @seedy.

@seedy @jamminjerry Braille is definitely useful in certain situations, like reducing cognative load. Blind children should absolutely be taught braille. But statements like "blind people who can't read braille are illiterate" are (1) factually incorrect, and (2) the kind of crap holding blind people back. Finally (3) spelling is neither equivalent to or an indicator of literacy, so even if it were factually true that +

In reply to @ThatMermaid_J.

@ThatMermaid_J @jackf723 It's like killall, but for my brain.

In reply to @ThatMermaid_J.

@ThatMermaid_J Yep.

In reply to @CatalyzedTransmogrification.

@CatalyzedTransmogrification Turn signal?

In reply to @redcrew.

@redcrew @sbourne Yes, definitely safe travels!

In reply to @pbump.

@pbump We're not the ones muttering "Thoughts and prayers" after every mass shooting.

In reply to @patrick_h_lauke.

@patrick_h_lauke @whalecoiner Yeah same.

In reply to @SingingNala.

@SingingNala @MariahL @FreakyFwoof @matt In the U.S. at least, access is quite literally a civil right. See the 1964 Civil Rights Act. It's also a human right under Article 9 of the UN's Convention on the rights of people with disabilities. So in short, we are entitled to accessibility.

In reply to @ipstenu.

@ipstenu Let us know when it launches so we can add it to our rss readers.

In reply to @infinifito.

@infinifito Hi and welcome to the fediverse! We're glad to have you!

In reply to @ppatel.

@ppatel @KaraLG84 We'll have to wait till Kara gets to the end. I'm still mad about it lol.

In reply to @ppatel.

@ppatel @KaraLG84 Keep reading. She is definitely needed, especially in later books.

In reply to @wiljames.

@wiljames I have questions. Lots and lots of questions.

In reply to @FreakyFwoof.

@FreakyFwoof @matt On Matt's side though, I'll go so far as to say that Global Accessibility Awareness Day is utterly useless and I don't know why we're still doing it except maybe out of desperation.