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[soc_puppet]

Art time, woo!



(Click the thumbnail for a larger image.)

I put capri0mni's Disability Pride flag together with the Accessible Icon's redesigned Accessibility symbol for the Accessibility Passes for the local anime con I staff. Disabled folks will be able to use a badge with this symbol to skip lines controlled by the convention and get early access to panel rooms—with one person of their choice accompanying them. I plan to leave a cache at the Registration desk, another cache at the Info Desk/Accessibility Station, and to carry a few with me when I have the chance to wander around the con on my own and might run into people who need one and don't know we have them.

I've had Accessibility Passes available at the con for the past few years, but what with Executive Dysfunction, I've only had them printed out on regular paper rather than the cardstock I kept insisting I wanted them to be on. This year, after one of our convention execs reminded the staff that we have a button maker available to use, I thought it would be the perfect solution: Something novel that could keep my attention long enough to get it done, or at least pass some of the work on to someone else. (Thank you, exec in question ♥) The buttons are going to be 2.25" in diameter, and the image will be framed by the words "Accessibility Pass". I'm planning to e-mail the person who puts together our powerpoints to get the image into the presentation for the final meeting (the last one before the con) so I can let as much of the rest of the staff know what it's about as possible.

Anyway! Thanks very much to capri0mni for designing the flag and making it freely available to the public! I'll make sure to have the breakdown of the flag available for anyone who seems interested in it :)b

Comments

[alexseanchai]

\o/

[soc_puppet]

And now the buttons person is asking me how I plan to regulate the use of Accessibility Passes. The same way I've been doing it since they were introduced, and since the Con Execs asked me the same damn question three years ago: By the fact that disability fraud is virtually non-existent. *growls, tears things*

[alexseanchai]

you know that sword keeps coming up when someone pulls an imitation Lucky Charm?

I wish to use it on these people

[soc_puppet]

I mean, it's not as bad as the person who suggested to my face that one of the attendees I'd given a pass to last year was faking their disability (impaired vision; they were holding a cane) because they were also using a phone, one of the best and most easily available accessibility devices for blind folks, ever? But still.

(The person who did that is no longer on staff, and one of our senior staff members has only said that I might be allowed to spit on his ashes after she's done with him, if she gets the chance. If there's even any ashes left. The buttons person is in legitimately good standing with the convention, but still has some issues they need to work on WRT ablism. *sigh*)

[alexseanchai]

...I can only make that thing make sense if one assumes blindness is a binary state, either one completely is or one is not even a little bit

which is a distressingly fucking common assumption

and honestly probably even the people who get zero visual input whatsoever can navigate a touchscreen if the touchscreen has been designed with them in mind? and failing that I'm pretty sure somebody out there makes Bluetooth external keyboards with Braille on the keys!

[capri0mni]

Yay!

And thanks for the compliment, and the usability test for my design (one of the criteria for a good flag design is that it be easily remixable).

Meanwhile, I've come up with illustrations for my how-to on making this flag... I keep meaning to post them. Thanks for the reminder.

[soc_puppet]

My pleasure! I'm looking forward to seeing how our attendees react in person :)

[capri0mni]

Me, too. :-)