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Follow-up to my recent post. I'm patting myself on the back and calling this one a win.

I emailed customer service and they confirmed that the airline indeed was preventing deaf people (and all other people with disabilities) from selecting seats, for fear that we might select a seat in an exit row.

I suggested that instead they require all customers who select an exit row to affirm that they are able and willing to operate the exit in an emergency. I also informed them that best practices are to ask a person if they can do a task, rather than just assume they are incapable.

They were appreciative of the input, and acknowledged that my suggestion was practical and aligned with best practices, and they would take it into account when improving their interface. They also acknowledged that "Just call customer service" was an accessibility failure in and of itself.

I don't get a lot of wins with this sort of thing, so I'm pretty pleased that this turned out well.

Hey everyone! I want to let you know that the #LondonDrugs store in Rutherford Mall in #Nanaimo has an amazing #AntiAbleist #inclusive manager. My friend, Tessie, is a #DisabledEmployee there. The manager, Warren, went out of his way to help her feel supported at work. He made her a shirt & a sign for her workstation 👏

If you're on #VancouverIsland in the Nanaimo area, please support this specific store. Please let them know that the public appreciates how they treat their disabled employees & thank Warren for being a stellar, inclusive & thoughtful store #manager 👍

londondrugs.com/stores/nanaimo

When I bought a plane ticket and ticked the "Disability assistance - hard of hearing" box and then went on to seat selection, it offered to let my wife choose a seat (for a fee), but said that for me seat selection was "unavailable". When I went back and unticked the box, it offered to let us both choose a seat.

That seems odd. All I can think of is that maybe they didn't want me choosing an exit row, and went overboard? Why are deaf people not allowed to choose their seats?

ok maybe i should give yall a proper intro on me #introduction

i'm alex, i'm a kitty
:neocat: who moved from poland to netherlands (living in Utrecht as of now) in september 2024 kind of by force

i speak polish and english, as well as trying to learn dutch (with little to no results though)

at the time of writing this i am no longer a neet woohoo
:jamming: i got a job

i usually draw things in my free time or endlessly scroll the internet for no reason. i collect plushies and keep them on my desk, as well as collect pokemon TCG cards.

i also gamed a lot, but nowadays i am trying to find motivation to boot up something else than osu from time to time

if i get the inspiration i work on static websites, most notably my personal site, dokokashira.nl (that needs to be updated asap because of how many outdated things there are

still morphing and trying to discover myself now that i have a proper environment to do so

i'm a trans gay guy and started my HRT on february 8 2025
:neocat_floof:

i'm proudly disabled (HoH, AuDHD, C-PTSD, BPD et al) and i wish for a better world

where else to find me on fedi:
@kaaskop - art account
@alexander - private account for friends
@kaviaar - AD account, only for people i know that are 18+

also
@nugget from time to time when i test something on wafrn

as always, tag spam for reach and topics:
#furry #artistsOnFedi #pokemon #ActuallyAutistic #vocaloid #AuDHD #indieWeb #disability #hardOfHearing #LGBTQ #transmasc #ftm #queer #videoGames #digitalArt #netherlands #utrecht

YourLocalCinema - captioned. #Captioned #Cinema

yourlocalcinema.com/explain.ht

I'm a fairly recent UK based hearing aid wearer and have only just discovered, through chatting on lemmy, that cinemas can, and sometimes do, show films with subtitles.

This is some explanation:
yourlocalcinema.com/explain.ht

Postcode in here:
yourlocalcinema.com/locations.

www.yourlocalcinema.comYourLocalCinema - captioned / Captioned Cinema

sometimes I wish it was possible to be like Hoshi Sato, just picking up entire languages in a couple days

I always watch stuff with subtitles bc I have some minor auditory processing issues¹

lately I've been watching a lot of dubbed² stuff³ and it's been really fascinating seeing the differences between the dubs and the subtitles meant as a translation for the original language

I mean, it's similar to the way subtitles meant for #Deaf and #HardOfHearing viewers are sometimes slightly off from what was said (which is an #accessibility issue)

#disability #AuditoryProcessingDisorder #linguistics

¹ it's worst over the phone, which is fun since that's my whole job, or if I otherwise can't see the person who's speaking, which sometimes happens in TV/movies
² I finished #Ranma12 and started #ExtraordinaryAttorneyWoo
³ or, in the case of #StopHibariKun, both an anime and a manga with fan translations by different people

#introduction

hi, i'm alex, i moved back to CTM after months of travelling on the fediverse.

i used to be an admin here but had to step down due to a lot of personal issues that made me unable to be a staff member

anyways, about me

i'm a 20 something year old trans guy who came from poland to the netherlands. i usually dabble both in 3d and 2d art depending on my mood. i post my work on @wormwork or on my website (brainworms.nl)
nowadays i'm socially withdrawn irl and spend most of my days playing games

i am autistic, have ADHD and perhaps a really scuffed flavor of C-PTSD among other traits from my illness pokedex. i'm also hard of hearing and sometimes use my airpods as a hearing aid

i love orange cats, i am an orange cat too, maybe in an otherkin way

i'm a binary trans guy, and i like other men; and i will bite and rip you apart for being a transmisandrist - i have 0 tolerance for this type of bullshit

i love pokemon, and other less known franchises like nights, jet set radio, katamari damacy, littlebigplanet and peggle

thanks for watching, tag spam for reach:

#pokemon #videoGames #gaming #artistsOnFedi #jetSetRadio #littleBigPlanet #katamari #otherkin #cat #ActuallyAutistic #AUDHD #CPTSD #hardOfHearing #HearingAidUser #indieWeb #webmaster #3d #3DCG #digitalArt #netherlands
brainworms.nlThe Worm of Mind...Have you ever wondered how does it feel to live with brainworms that consume your life bite by bite?
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But sometimes I can also be a couch potato who stays at home #cooking , being a #plantdad , #studying , #creating , #watchingTV, or fighting against my ADHD symptoms! 😁

DigitA11y is my passion business which I hope to help small businesses and companies to become more accessible. I will also do community building to empower #ddbhh ( #Deaf #DeafBlind #HardOfHearing ) and #APD (Auditory Processing Disorder) in #Canada (mostly #BritishColumbia).

It is a long journey to go! ✊🏽💕

#introduction

HQ to all stations, HQ to all stations, federate this instance by boosting my intro!

i'm alex, a guy who moved from :poland: to :netherlands: and is now comfy here, sort of :neocat_comfy:

i mostly do digital art, sometimes graphic design. i also like rewriting my website all the time and experimenting with html and css.

i am very gay, very trans, very autistic and very disabled. i'm a hearing aid user, a glasses user and have mental conditions that affect my life drastically.

but that doesn't stop me from existing, even if said existence is hard

anyways! i really love computers of the 90s and 2000s, grew up with nintendo consoles and have plenty of favorite games, such as Jet Set Radio, Psychonauts, Pokemon X, Smash Bros. series and LittleBigPlanet 2

i also listen to music a fuck ton, my taste always changing; at the time of writing i'm mostly listening to Hideki Naganuma, Kikuo, Krafty Kuts, Reol and Mitchie M!

i post my art on my website, brainworms.nl and on my art account, @wormwork@brainworms.nl

read my bio before following, thanks!

tag spam for reach with interests and stuff: #art #digitalArt #2000s #videoGames #gaming #nintendo #computers #retrocomputing #queer #gay #transmasc #transgender #netherlands #pokemon #smashBros #psychonauts #JetSetRadio #vocaloid #ActuallyAutistic #hardOfHearing #hearingAidUser #ActuallyBPD #CPTSD #OSOR #objectum #objectlove #inanimatelove
brainworms.nlThe Worm of Mind...Have you ever wondered how does it feel to live with brainworms that consume your life bite by bite?

hello gamers, new #introduction - boost it also as means to expand federation of this new instance

i'm alex. of the same fame as on other instances.

i'm a disabled trans guy who fled to netherlands and now i am haunting the bureaucrats and locals with my existience. i am at least 20 years old. minors don't follow this account thanks.

i make art, can be seen on my website and soon on fedi if i finally migrate the art account too. which yes i am also implying i am a webmaster

i am currently obsessed with pokemon merchandise and love researching more niche merch that may be also region-exclusive

some stuff i make or made:

entralink; a webclique for fans of pokemon games but pre-switch feDistricts, a site directory for fedi folks and their websites nijntje, neobun, neocube and neoghost

all can be found on my website, https://dokokashira.nl/

before you follow me, read these:

  • i may seem harsh but i'm not an evil meanie. just warding off evil spirits like a shrine maiden. i may actually like you
  • i am autistic, hearing-impaired, and having a bad case of c-ptsd: these affect my worldview significantly
  • i am not interested in fedimeta, or yankpol. matter of fact my instance rejects all posts mentioning yankpol by its actual name because frankly theres too much cool stuff in life for me to care about either
  • i have opinions and if you disagree just fuck off instead of stalking, harassing me or making the next chapter of fedimeta
  • sending reports to my instance means you are stupid and can't read (i'm the admin here what are you expecting)
  • if you come into my mentions explaining something i didn't ask for, "erm ackshually"-ing my posts or frankly doing the gender-irrelevant variant of mansplaining i will nuke you even if you are gargron, dansup or literal god
  • do not police my language, tone, or tell me to CW something unless you are my close friend.

tag spam for reach and more interests of mine: #pokemon #videoGames #art #digitalArt #furry #nintendo #netherlands #webmaster #indieWeb #smallWeb #webfishing #disabled #actuallyAutistic #AuDHD #ptsd #cptsd #hardOfHearing #hearingAidUser

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Just went to the movies for the first time in years (saw Beetlejuice Beetlejuice). I usually avoid the theaters because they’re not very accessible for me due to my deafness/hard of hearing, but we had a gift card, so whatever.

When we got to the theater, my boyfriend asked if they had any accessibility devices for me (doesn’t hurt to ask). GQT should be advertising this on their website - they had the closed caption console that you put into your cup holder and it worked flawlessly for me. I was actually able to enjoy the movie to the fullest. If you are like me and need closed captioning to enjoy movies - check out GQT theaters if there’s one near you - they may have these too!

Also - this may be a controversial opinion but I certainly thought the sequel was better than the original :3

All government institutions, #NHS types, even specific charities, set up solely for #deaf and #hardofhearing people...

"Thank you for your email, instead of giving you the answer to your question or making an appointment via email, the medium you have chosen to contact us by, we would like to TELEPHONE you, a medium which relies entirely on HEARING to discuss your HEARING RELATED PROBLEM WITH YOU!"

YEARGH! 🤬🤬🤬🤬 YOU HAVE ONE FUCKING JOB!