The Blind Redhead
@theblindredhead.bsky.social
I post about assistive technology, music, and the tech that actually matters.
Day 31 of Disability Pride Month. On the last day of pride, I am reminded that people with disabilities, including myself, live every day of the year with a disability. We are adaptable, resilient, and brave. Be inspired by your journey; put kindness and empathy before anything else. Happy pride!
Day 30 of Disability Pride Month. Blind journalist Andrew Leland wrote “The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight.” I loved this book and you can find it on BARD! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/687621... #DisabilityPrideMonth #BookSky #BlindCulture #RetinitisPigmentosa
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Day 29 of Disability Pride Month. Disabled musicians creating experimental, collaborative mueic. Alex Maradiaga: “…I finally got the experience." daily.bandcamp.com/features/art... #DisabilityPrideMonth #DisabledMusicians #Music #InnovativeMusic #DisabledAndProud
How Artists With Disabilities Are Blazing New Musical Frontiers
“I was dreaming when I was small about being in a band and I finally got to have the experience.”
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Day 28 of Disability Pride Month. Ludwig van Beethoven. Deaf. Composed his greatest works after losing his hearing. Symphony No. 5. Changed music history. His disability didn’t limit his genius. cyso.org/blog/disabil... #DisabilityPrideMonth #Beethoven #Deaf #DeafMusician #ClassicalMusic
Disability Pride Month: 5 Disabled Musicians to Know - Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras
Disability Pride Month is celebrated in July, commemorating the passing of the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in July 1990. The act prohibits discrimination against people with disabil...
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Day 27 of Disability Pride Month. The V&A in London: 170 objects designed by disabled people. Fashion. Technology. Architecture. Disabled people. Design for everyone. www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/... #DisabilityPrideMonth #DisabledDesigners #DesignJustice #DisabilityFirst #Innovation
Design and Disability - Exhibition at V&A South Kensington · V&A
Showcasing the radical contributors of disabled, Deaf, and neurodiverse people and communities to design history and contemporary culture, from the 1940s to now
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Day 26 of Disability Pride Month. Today is the 36th anniversary of the ADA being signed. Watch Change, Not Charity on PBS. The Capitol Crawl. The 504 Sit-In. The disabled people who changed America forever. www.pbs.org/wgbh/america... #DisabilityPrideMonth #ADA36 #DisabledAndProud #CivilRights
Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act | American Experience | PBS
The dramatic story of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. The film highlights the determined people who literally put their bodies on the line to pass the legislation tha...
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Day 25 of Disability Pride Month. Julia LaGrand. Blind violinist. Co-host of From the Top’s Musicians with Disabilities broadcast on NPR. “We deserve opportunities to shine.” fromthetop.org/landing_page... #DisabilityPrideMonth #BlindMusician #Music #FromTheTop #DisabledAndProud
From the Top Celebrates Disabled and Neurodivergent Musicians - From the Top
From the Top is committed to increasing inclusivity and transparency for disabled artists. We continue to celebrate musicians with disabilities each spring and we are excited to produce a new broadcas...
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Day 24 of Disability Pride Month. The Disability Pride Flag was created by Ann Magill, a writer with cerebral palsy, and later updated based on community feedback. #DisabilityPrideMonth #DisabilityPride #AnnMagill #DisabledAndProud www.weinberg.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/history...
History of the Disability Pride Flag
Disability pride is about accepting and honoring each person’s uniqueness and seeing it as a natural and beautiful part of human diversity
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Day 23 of Disability Pride Month. Assistive tech exploded 2023-2026. Smart glasses. Braille screens. AI sight. Disabled people built this wave. www.disabilityworld.org/articles/ass... #DisabilityPrideMonth #AssistiveTech #Blind #LowVision #DisabledAndProud
Assistive Tech for Blind People: 2026 Innovations
Assistive technology for blind and low-vision people changed more between 2023 and 2026 than in the prior decade. This primer maps the real innovations — Be My AI, Ray-Ban Meta, smart canes, the Monar...
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Day 22 of Disability Pride Month. Helen Keller. Deaf. Blind. 1880. First deafblind person to earn a college degree. Suffragist. Socialist. Traveled 25 countries advocating for disabled people. Changed history. awl.com/news/disabil... #DisabilityPrideMonth #DisabledAndProud
Helen Keller - Disability Pride Month - AWL
Hellen Keller was a world-famous author and activist, but did you know she was a trailblazer in many other ways?
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Day 21 of Disability Pride Month. Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins, age 8. March 12, 1990. Cerebral palsy. Crawled 83 Capitol steps. “I’ll take all night if I have to.” That child changed history. www.history.com/articles/ame... #DisabilityPrideMonth #DisabledAndProud
When the 'Capitol Crawl' Dramatized the Need for Americans with Disabilities Act | HISTORY
The 1990 protest demonstrated the barriers that inaccessible buildings create for people with disabilities.
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Day 20 of Disability Pride Month. Blind student in Lahore. Deaf student in Manila. Nonverbal student in Toronto. All using AI accessibility tools! inclusiveinfohub.com/best-ai-acce... #DisabilityPrideMonth #AI
Best AI Accessibility Tools in 2026: How Artificial Intelligence Is Finally Closing the Access Gap | Inclusive Info Hub
Discover the best AI accessibility tools in 2026 for blind, deaf, and neurodivergent users — from Be My AI to smart glasses. A complete guide for students and professionals in Pakistan, Asia, the US, ...
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Day 19 of Disability Pride Month. Assistive tech for blind/low vision changed more in 3 years than the prior decade. Ray-Ban glasses. Smart canes. Braille graphs. Innovation wave. www.disabilityworld.org/articles/ass... #DisabilityPrideMonth #AssistiveTech
Assistive Tech for Blind People: 2026 Innovations
Assistive technology for blind and low-vision people changed more between 2023 and 2026 than in the prior decade. This primer maps the real innovations — Be My AI, Ray-Ban Meta, smart canes, the Monar...
disabilityworld.org
Day 18 of Disability Pride Month. CES 2026 made accessibility the main stage. AI tools for blind/low vision. Accessibility drives innovation, not compliance. www.ces.tech/articles/acc... #DisabilityPrideMonth #Accessibility #AI
Accessibility at CES® 2026: From Specialized Solutions to Core Innovation
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Day 17 of Disability Pride Month. Lachi released I Identify as Blind, celebrating disability. Blind musician. RAMPD founder. Disability is innovation, power. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/761599... #DisabilityPrideMonth #BlindMusician #DisabledAndProud
I Identify as Blind by Lachi: 9780593851579 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
With style and straight talk, musician and changemaker Lachi flips disability and neurodivergence into an empowering identity, a cultural movement, and an innovation engine What if the most taboo par...
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Day 15 of Disability Pride Month. Be My AI. Seeing AI. Google Lookout. Five powerful AI tools. All free. Text recognition hits 95–98% accuracy. Loving technology! aithinkerlab.com/ai-accessibi... #DisabilityPrideMonth #AIAccessibility #Blind #LowVision #DisabledAndProud
9 Best AI Tools for Blind Users in 2026 (Free + Paid, Tested)
Hands-on review of 9 AI accessibility tools — screen describers, OCR readers, navigation aids. What actually helps blind users, what's hype.
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www.29news.com/2026/05/22/b... #DisabilityPrideMonth #BlindMusician #Music #CountryMusic
Blind musician makes his mark in country, bluegrass scene
Angel Paez, a Charlotte musician taught, is blind and taught himself to play six instruments by ear, earning recognition in country music community.
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Day 13 of disability awareness month. This is one of the greatest resources for blind/low vision humans. They amazing!
Braille Institute@brailleinstitute.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe best time to learn something new is whenever you're ready. Braille Institute's classes and workshops offer opportunities to build new skills and connect with a supportive community all at no cost. Visit our website here to get started: www.brailleinstitute.org
Day 12 of Disability Pride Month. 62.8% of us are extremely loyal to brands with accessible experiences. We’re not just targets. We’re customers with power. www.applause.com/blog/ai-in-a... #DisabilityPrideMonth #DisabledAndProud #A11y #InclusionMatters #Accessibility
Are AI Tools Improving Accessibility in 2026?
Read the highlights from Applause’s annual survey on the State of Digital Accessibility.
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Day 11 of Disability Pride Month. Glide by Glidance is the world’s first self-guided mobility aid for blind and low vision people. Two wheels, a handle, AI that steers you. Built by someone who is blind. glidance.io #DisabilityPrideMonth #AssistiveTechnology #Blind #LowVision #DisabledAndProud
Glidance: Intelligent & Autonomous Mobility Aid for Blind and Low Vision
Glide, a groundbreaking leap in assistive technology, is the first self-guided mobility assistant designed for individuals with sight loss.
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Day 10 of Disability Pride Month. Station 17 is a Hamburg band, first in Germany to unite musicians with and without disabilities in alternative music. Founded 1989. open.spotify.com/artist/6qBMJSvohwouLtnMkMSnlt #DisabilityPrideMonth #MusicDiscovery #HiddenGems #Blind #DisabledAndProud
Station 17
Artist · 3.8K monthly listeners.
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Day 9 of Disability Pride Month. This is a video showing the incredible moment a group of underrepresented people fighting to be seen. It’s their brave and admirable actions that gave us the ADA. Thank you. #Ada #DisabilityPrideMonth #Blind #Strong www.tiktok.com/t/ZTSC6dRXW/
Disability rights were never given—they were fought for. ♿️✊ The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is one of the largest pieces of disability rights legislation in the United States. Our disabled ...
TikTok video by The California Endowment
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Day 8 of Disability Pride Month. Cornell Tech found AI tools for blind/low vision users handle basic questions well but struggle with complex ones. news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/04/ai-tools-help-vision-impaired-are-good-could-be-better #DisabilityPrideMonth #Blind #AI
AI tools to help vision-impaired are good, but could be better | Cornell Chronicle
Artificial intelligence is touching nearly every aspect of life, including assistive technology for vision-impaired individuals. And just like in other arenas, the AI used to assist them is good, but ...
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It’s exciting to see disability leadership recognized in spaces like this!
Lachi - Musician. Disability Culture & Inclusion. GRAMMYs Board.@lachimusic.bsky.social · 2mo agoHonored to be an Essence Author and celebrate identity, community, and impact at Essence Fest in NOLA 🙌🏽🙌🏽 Thank you to Penguin Random House for the opportunity to speak on my book I IDENTIFY AS BLIND and amplify Disability pride at such a pivotal festival for Black Women influencing Culture.
Day 7 of Disability Pride Month. The Semi-Modulars are a synth band from the Texas School for the Blind. Students pick a synth, learn it, record it, and perform. That’s pretty cool! thesemimodulars.bandcamp.com #DisabilityPrideMonth #MusicDiscovery #HiddenGems #Blind #DisabledAndProud
The Semi Modulars
The Semi-Modulars is an electronic music group made up exclusively of students in the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired's synthesis and sound design class. They create music using a va...
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Day 6 of Disability Pride Month. The Foundation Fighting Blindness just wrapped VISIONS 2026, a global conference on AI tools and wearables for blind and low vision people. Session recordings are being shared now. unitedInvision.org #DisabilityPrideMonth #AssistiveTech #Blind #LowVision #A11y
VISIONS 2026: United in Vision
The United in Vision 2026 conference unites two prestigious events—the Foundation Fighting Blindness VISIONS conference and the Retinal International World Congress—into one extraordinary global gathering. Scheduled from Wednesday, June 10, to Saturday, June 13, 2026, at the Omni Fort Worth Hotel and Fort Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas.
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🏳️🌈 Happy Birthday to Megan Rapinoe! ⚽ Olympic gold medalist, World Cup champion, and an unapologetic advocate for LGBTQ+ equality, equal pay, and social justice. She continues to inspire people on and off the field. Happy Birthday, Megan! 🌈 #QueerHistory #HappyBirthday #ForgottenQueers #Podcast
Day 5 of Disability Pride Month. Closed captions. Voice control. Text to speech. The disability community built these. Now everyone uses them without thinking twice. onsman.com/10-digital-accessibility-predictions-for-2026 #DisabilityPrideMonth #Accessibility #Blind
10 Digital Accessibility Predictions for 2026 – Ricky Onsman
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Day 4 of Disability Pride Month. Ray Charles lost his sight at seven and became one of the greatest musicians who ever lived. His voice and stories are so good! open.spotify.com/track/04f3ea1BQlVrhhmxS0qMDH #DisabilityPrideMonth #RayCharles #Blind #MusicDiscovery
America The Beautiful
Ray Charles · Ray Charles Forever · Song · 2013
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Day 3 of Disability Pride Month. A 2026 survey found 91% of disabled people will abandon an app with poor accessibility. 63% are loyal to brands that get it right. Accessibility is important! applause.com/blog/ai-in-a11y-2026/ #DisabilityPrideMonth #Accessibility #Blind #LowVision #AI
Are AI Tools Improving Accessibility in 2026?
Read the highlights from Applause’s annual survey on the State of Digital Accessibility.
applause.com