#DisabilityRights pioneer and #advocate Judy Heumann Legacy has passed away. We stand with the rest of the #DisabilityCommunity in mourning this tremendous loss, and remembering her powerful contributions to #accessibility, #inclusion, accommodations and #advocacy. #BlindNewWorld

Ability Summit will now start at 10am PST Wednesday to respect services taking place Wednesday morning to honor Judy Heumann.

World Blind Herald issue 10 is up. intro to our new advice columnist, Senator Markey insisting on Twitter reinstating its #a11y team and Blindness and Science briefs with a lot of articles from all over the world. It’s at: worldblindherald.com #blind #disability World Blind Herald [email protected]

Also as an extra, Senator Ed Markey demands Elon Musk rehire Twitter's #a11y team, and we thank Senator Markey for his efforts championing accessibility in Congress. worldblindherald.com/senator-markey…

And of course we have our weekly Blindness Briefs as well as Science Briefs.

I am proud to officially announce that I am the Executive Assistant of the World Blind Herald (WBH) World Blind Herald [email protected] Which is a newly formed global blindness publication. Check out our site and subscribe. worldblindherald.com

World Blind Herald (World Blind Herald [email protected]) is *not* bashing Twitter, we’re reporting that US Senator Edward Markey wrote a letter to Elan Musk about #a11y. We report the news and Markey’s letter is about accessibility and is news. #blind #disability

We're really looking forward to our newest column, Ask Jenna, where blind people can submit questions like the examples Jenna gives in this piece and have them answered while anonymity can be preserved. worldblindherald.com/introducing-je…

Joanna Collins, a software engineer at Disney Parks, is passionate about #DigitalAccessibility. And her expertise is making the #Disney experience more #accessible for guests - as well as her fellow cast members. 🏰 #BlindNewWorld disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2023/03/c…

Our new issue drops tomorrow so, if you haven’t read last week’s, you can now at worldblindherald.com #a11y #blind #disability #advice #legislation #civilrights

Maayan Ziv Air Canada What’s up with Air Canada? We see stories of disabled people being treated poorly by them all of the time. They’re a regular in our Blindness Briefs curated news piece every week or so it seems. #a11y #disability

Issue 11 of WBH is now live. It features a terrific article by Itto Outini, a blind Fulbright scholar from Morocco with interesting ideas. We have our Blindness and Science briefs with about 75 articles. from mainstream media worldblindherald.com #blind #disability #a11y.

This week’s WBH features an excellent article by Itto Outini about coming to America, privacy, trade offs and is really compelling: worldblindherald.com/public-access-… #a11y #blind #disability

The Blindness Briefs curated news of the blind we publish every week has about 60 articles this week and we’re sure you’ll find lots of interest in it: worldblindherald.com/blindness-brie… #blind #a11y #disability

If you’re interested in the science and medicine related to blindness, this week’s Science Briefs has about 20 articles of interest: worldblindherald.com/science-briefs… #a11y #blind #disability

We would like to thank all the athletes, volunteers, coaches and officials for making the 2023 Provincial Goalball Championships a huge success. Every athlete deserves recognition for their outstanding development and sportsmanship! link We hope to see you all next year! 👏🤾

This week’s edition of WBH has a great article by Itto Outini profiling an inclusive designer and our usual Blindness and Science Briefs with a lot of interesting stories from all over the world. worldblindherald.com #a11y #blind #disability #inclusivedesign

An excellent profile of inclusive designer Amy Pedid by Itto Outini is up at: worldblindherald.com/the-heroine-wi… #a11y #blind #inclusive design

Check out this week’s Blindness Briefs with articles about blindness and blind people from all over the world: worldblindherald.com/blindness-brie… #a11y #blind

Check out our founder and editor in chief Chris Hofstader on Outlook on Western Radio, a Canadian radio show about blindness at: facebook.com/outlookonradio… #blind #a11y #podcast #disability