New Emoji to Feature People with Disabilities — Assistive Technology at Easter Seals Crossroads

Posted on February 9, 2019 by

Easter Seals Crossroads shares the new Emoji’s  that will feature people with disabilities that Apple is proposing!

Emojii's for disabled proposed

There will be twelve new emoji released later on this year depicting the experiences of people with disabilities. The Unicode Consortium released 59 new emoji this week; among them are several images portraying various aspects of the disability experience. The Unicode Consortium is a “nonprofit corporation devoted to developing, maintaining, and promoting software internationalization standards…

via New Emoji to Feature People with Disabilities — Assistive Technology at Easter Seals Crossroads

H/T to the AT at Easter Seals Crossroads for sharing the new proposed emoji’s.

Carol

About Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, AdEd, OTR/L, ATP, CATIS

OTR/L with more than 35 years experience in pediatrics, school based therapy and adult rehabilitation. Masters of Science in Adaptive Education/Assistive Technology with 20 years experience in AT in education of elementary, middle school, secondary, post secondary and work environments. A RESNA Assistive Technology Practitioner with ACVREP CATIS credentials, servicing adults and students with disabilities in employment, education and home environments. Currently a graduate student in the University of Alabama Birmingham Low Vision Certification Program.
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