Tag: con

autisticadvocacy:

[Images are of a table with red, yellow, and green stickers as well as a sign on it. The sign explains that they are interaction stickers to let attendees know your interaction preferences.]

LinuxCon added communication stickers to their their con! Thank you for increasing access- we hear it went over well!

This is a fantastic step forward, a great way to help people of all abilities and neurotypes interact safely in a shared space, but, a reminder! The original traffic light badge system piloted by the autistic community involved symbols as well as colours so that people who are colourblind could follow the system too. Since red-green colourblindness is one of the commonest forms, and red and green are polar opposites in what kind of interaction a person wants, please, if you want to do a communication system, remember that colourblindness is a thing and put symbols on your badges/stickers.

forassgard:

[on diversity in media] I think its social responsibility. I think it’s our responsibility to stand up and say what we want. It think if you look at television in the past two years, it’s becoming the decade of the female. Like, all these new shows with female leads. Even if you look at television, as well as cable, as well as films, there’s been a resurgence, as far as the leading woman in Hollywood, which is great. And I think we’re also at the point now…you know, it’s interesting…x