Seattle Cultural Accessibility Forum
The wonderful resource above landed in RantWoman's inbox along with a question: do blind people like hearing during introductions information about what someone is wearing?
Opinion on one email list was sharply divided. Some posters think this is totally unnecessary. Some, including RantWoman think this is really cool and RantWoman quite enjoys hearing how people's choice of clothing illustrates their personalities.
Okay so RantWoman used to sew. RantWoman also has quite a lot of vision, enough to appreciate guidance about visual cues that might help her recognize someone.
But in the realm of introductions, besides preferred pronouns, definitely a norm in many circles in Seattle, RantWoman also appreciates knowing whether the person introducing themselves identifies as having a disability.
That said, clothing plus pronouns plus disability makes for a LOT of introduction. RantWoman is unsure which of these she would most like or hear or be most willing to skip.
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