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The Paralympics kick off today with the opening ceremony, and in honour of all the brilliant blind and partially sighted athletes competing, we’re on a mission to make Paralympics posts more accessible than ever!🏅 Simple adjustments like adding alt text, a written description of the image you’re posting that can be read aloud by screenreaders, can make your posts accessible to people with sight loss. We’ll be here to celebrate the accounts doing it really well, and offer support to those who don’t currently post inclusively – so be sure to tag us in any posts by big accounts that are missing alt text, or those that are doing a great job! Why not start posting accessibly today, by reading our simple guide, here: https://bit.ly/4dCvgyB [Image Description: 'Paralympics Opening Ceremony To-do List' is written on a pink background, with the following tasks listed below - 'look up Paralympics trivia (did you know the first Paralympics games was held in London?)', 'get your favourite snacks in', and 'add alt text to your posts'.]

Ever wondered how you, as a sighted person, can make life a bit easier for your blind and partially sighted friends? 🤔 We’ve asked some of our friends with sight loss to create the free Be Helpful Guide, which includes lots of top tips, giving you confidence to make getting around easier for blind and partially sighted people. Download it for free, here: https://lnkd.in/eJRK5J-3 Image 1: "When blind and partially sighted people are out and about, there are certain things that can be a pain in the you-know-what. Learn how to make getting around easier for people with sight loss with our top tips from blind and partially sighted people..." Image 2: "It’s never nice when you get on the wrong bus is it? Bus numbers can be really hard to see, so if someone’s looking a bit unsure, ask if they’d like you to confirm which bus is arriving, or if they need help with finding the door. " Image 3: "Sometimes, the essentials get moved around in our local shops, making it harder to find the products we need. If you see someone with sight loss who might need some assistance reading the information on a product, ask if you can clarify anything." Image 4: "When there isn’t a clear kerb between pedestrians and vehicles, someone might end up walking into the road or the cycling lane by accident. So if you see someone walking into danger, ask if you can guide them back to safety." Image 5: "We’ve got a free, handy guide full of top tips to Be Helpful to your blind and partially sighted friends."

What's appening with this post? Something about 10 million followers. More like 10 million emojis! Screen readers read out every single emoji making this Spotify WhatsApp message an emoji quake. Limit emojis to one or two per post. For more tips, visit https://lnkd.in/eJADRKTS [Video Description and transcript: Screen recording of a Whatsapp message from Spotify. ‘Police car revolving light. Fire explosion. Police car revolving light. 'WhatsApp penning' Question mark. Police car revolving light. Fire explosion. Police car revolving light. 'Did you' Index finger pointing at the viewer. 'just feel' face with wide open eyes and flushed cheeks. 'that'. woman running. Explosion. Explosion. 'follow quake' Question Mark. Tornado. Tornado. High voltage sign. Closed fist. 'there's' serious face with monocle. 'some ten'. Key cap ten. Thinking face. 'Tensational'. Key cap ten. Serious face with molecule. 'in the air and we don't' smiling face with smiling eyes and rosy cheeks. Left right arrow. 'have the'. Speaking silhouette head. Speaking silhouette head. 'humility' Chart with upwards trend. 'to hold'. Closed fist. 'back'. Skip backward media symbol. Up pointing index. 'Can we'. Hands press together. 'Have'. Phone call. 'your attention??' Key cap ten. three eyes. Shaking face. 'There are.' Hundred points symbol. 'now 10 million'. Key cap ten. Six key cap zero. 'of you tenacious'. Keycap ten. 'contenders'. Key cap ten. Gold medal. 'who have'. Explosion. Explosion. 'smashed' Explosion. Explosion. 'that follow '. Hands in a heart shape. Keycap ten. Mobile phone. 'and agreed'. handshake . 'to'. Monkey covering ears. 'listen' Keycap 101. Ear. 'to us. We' hands pressed together. 'hope you'. Index finger pointing at the viewer. brought' .Luggage. Package box. School satchel. 'your'. Smiling face licking lips. 'What's appetite,' Drooling face. Fork and knife. 'cause we're'. Recycling symbol. 'dialling' telephone receiver. 'it up' back hand index finger pointing. Up sign. 'to' key cap 10 'ten - a' Umbrella with raindrops. Thunder cloud and rain. Typhoon. 'mill storm'. chart with upwards treng ' of tenrific'. Face with open eyes and mouth with head exploding. Key cap ten. 'tencredible'. Grinning face with starry eyes. Distraught face with tightly closed eyes. Key cap ten. 'and'. Face with tears of joy. 'teniarious' Face with tears of joy. Key cap ten. 'content'. Eyes. Smiling face with smiling eyes and hugging hands. Key cap ten' 'guaranteed' handshake. Key cap ten.’]

Remember to add alt text to your posts about the Paralympics! With the Games beginning on the 28th there’s just enough time left for you to learn how to quickly, easily, make your content accessible to blind and partially sighted people. With just a few adaptations we can compete on the global stage, and with just a few adaptations, we want to engage with and enjoy your content! Don’t leave anyone out - find out more about how to make your social media accessible here: https://lnkd.in/e265u_pK [Image description: An iPhone reminder bubble pops up on a pink screen, it reads "Reminder, add alt text to your posts about the Paralympics" with two options below - 'oops!' and 'I'm on it!'.]

How does someone with no vision love fashion? Our very own Jane is here to muse on her enduring love of style - and audio describe the absolutely iconic outfit she wore to Copenhagen Fashion Week. [Video transcript: Jane: Now, as a deaf blind woman, it's always intrigued me why I love fashion the way I do. Why I love the concept of colour, why I love the idea of structured shape and why fashion generally - whether that's the hair I style with it, the shoes I wear, the bags I carry, or the dresses I choose to buy - why they make such a difference to me. Because it's not a common concept, the idea of someone who has no sight, like me, using fashion as an expression of their identity. Voiceover: Jane is here to audio describe the outfit she wore to Copenhagen Fashion Week. Jane: This image shows Jane Manley, a white female with long blonde hair and a fringe, standing in the Opera Park at Copenhagen. She's standing on a gravel path and has greenery behind her. Jane is wearing a long maxi dress with long sleeves and a collar covered in weather symbols that show rainbows, clouds, sunrises, all in a slightly cartoonish way, and the colours are pale blue, cream, pink, orange, red and darker orange. She's wearing a pair of metallic pink brogues with a old snaffle bit across the bridge of the foot, and her cane has a pink golf handle, accentuating the pink in her outfit.]

Just back from holiday and wondering what to do with all those leftover foreign coins. Did you know that your leftover foreign currency and old UK coins and notes can easily raise valuable funds for us? It's as easy as 1, 2, 3—here's how! Just fill in your details on the link here: https://lnkd.in/eBrhuy3Z and we'll send you the pre-paid materials you need. [Image description: Text reads: 'Three easy steps to donate your old and foreign money' in bullet points, Click to order your pre-paid box, Collect all your old and foreign currency, and contact us to return your box.' The text is on a white box overlaid with a picture of a different foreign currency.]

Stitch incoming!🤔 Listen to Holly explain how, by adding audio descriptions, this account can make sure 2.2 billion blind and partially sighted people around the world are included in the joke too. Everyone has the power to make their social media posts accessible, with our free, handy guide: https://lnkd.in/e265u_pK

Our biggest social media icks are... - Posts that don’t use Camel Case. - Images that don’t have alt text. - Posts that have 1,000 emojis. - Videos without captions. What things on social media give you the ick?

Nobody will remember: Your salary. Your job title. How "busy" you were. But they will remember: That you were a lovely person who added alt text to your company's social media posts.

We’re thrilled our Visibly Better Employer scheme is shortlisted for the #ZeroCall25! Only one in four people with sight loss of working age is in employment – that’s an unacceptably low employment rate for blind and partially sighted people. There are currently 11,000 people with sight loss in the UK actively seeking work, and many also leave work unnecessarily each year due to sight loss. Through #VisiblyBetterEmployer, we’ve supported a wide range of employers across different sectors make their recruitment and working practices accessible for blind and partially sighted people. This has led to over 800 blind and partially sighted people in work with these employers. Thank you Zero Project for recognising the positive and real impact of the scheme, not just for people with sight loss, but for organisations who’ve increased their employee diversity, attracting and retaining more blind and partially sighted talent into their workforce. If you want to be a Visibly Better Employer, we’d love to help. Email [email protected] or reach out through our webpage: https://lnkd.in/eURdsF_y #RNIB #Employment #DiversityAndInclusion