Accessibility on tumblr

chronicallyspoonless:

Idk if people realise how difficult reading large amounts of texts is for people with a variety of disabilities.

I love to learn. I love the social information and awareness I get from tumblr, and the things I learn about my own conditions in this space.

But a lot of this content is not accessible. A lot of the time I’m not capable of reading the large amounts of info especially in big paragraphs

So to make your content more accessible try some of these

– don’t have big paragraphs – break down things – it will make your points clearer and easier to absorb.

– use spacing especially between paragraphs and ideas

– use tags – if something is Long but I’ve seen a word that means I might want to read it, I can look at the tags for more info on what it’s about and save it for when I’m more able to process.

– minimise emojis and weird formatting. These things make it more difficult when using a text to speech program

– make a tldr. I appreciate these so much.

– if possible, use images and info graphics and include image descriptions.

– if it’s a long post covering many points use bold and make titles for different sections. This means when I scroll through I can prioritise reading the points that interest me most rather than not being able to read anything.

– lists!