Listen. Sit down around the fireplace with me for a moment.
Artists. Gif makers. People who like memes. Anyone who posts images.
Y'all have got to start writing your own image descriptions. You have to. You really really have to start doing it yourself.
Us, the blogs dedicated to accessibility, cannot keep doing it for you. Well, we can, but we shouldn't have to. We shouldn't have to dedicate our time and energy to make posts that are not ours accessible and you shouldn't expect strangers to do you favors, especially when the work is so thankless. For every post I describe, a hundred more are posted without one.
The original post should be accessible. Adding an image description through a reblog is a metaphorical bandaid when what's needed are metaphorical stitches. Someone's ability to access the internet should not be dependent on the goodwill of others and goodwill that can just be ignored at that. People can simply choose to not reblog an accessible version of a post, whether intentionally or out of ignorance.
We don't expect volunteers to construct temporary ramps for buildings, we expect the building to have its own ramp, built to code.
The next time you see or post art, or a meme, or a screenshot from Twitter, ask yourself- does someone with a visual impairment not deserve to know what this image is about? Why should you get to laugh at the joke and not them?
Just.....just do it. Just write image descriptions. There's loads of resources out there to help you and even more references from the people who care.
Just. Do it.
Start doing then.
Start telling other people to do them.
Start reblogging them.
Accessibility is a necessity and it is not optional.
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