YouTube Plans to Discontinue Viewer-Submitted Captions
In the latest news of accessibility removal, YouTube announced that they will be removing community captions on September 28, 2020. A screenshot of YouTube’s announcement to discontinue community contributions. Image description: An announcement from Youtube stating: Community contributions will be discontinued across all channels after September 28, 2020. Community contributions allowed viewers to add closed […]
Pause, Rewind, The Tales of a ‘Deaf Girl’
Illustration by Damaris Contreras Deaf girl … and I can’t hear your words – kettle whistles, chair scrapes on wooden floor, and your lips move across the table telling me… Something. again I plug in my tape player – microphone of my lips, switches of […]
Disabled People Are Not Your Scholarship Opportunities
A good story always starts with an introduction and a setting: In my senior year of high school, I became an activist for disabled rights. Senior year was a breakthrough for me because I had finally accepted who I was instead of pretending to be someone I wasn’t. Despite finally being proud of myself, I […]
This Week in Disability Representation: Examining Reality TV and Modern Drama
In “This Week in Disability Representation”, writer Brianna Schunk provides a space to examine the small examples of disability representation that pop up in daily life. This includes books, plays, TV shows, movies, and other forms of media. In this week’s edition of “This Week in Representation,” the writer will be examining the play Clybourne […]
Speaking with Chella Man and MaryV Benoit About Love, Life, & Identity
Editors note: We are one of 30 global youth platform partners in the launch of an initiative by Gucci’s CHIME FOR CHANGE and Irregular Labs to explore gender and our fluid future. Check out our newest content and as well as our platform partner link at the bottom of the page. An interview with Chella Man […]