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Rise scenario characters with visible disabilities
There seems to be a lot of focus on visible challenges, but statistically speaking, most people who are/were legally disabled do not have physical challenges. It is good to be mindful to ensure we represent those with disabilities as a part of our development efforts. However, the lack of a wide variety of image-representation of visible physical challenges does not prevent us from being more inclusive of those with disabilities.
Perhaps we could consider how to convey the invisible disabilities instead effectively? I realize this is more challenging as it requires getting into the headspace of those with these challenges and figuring out how to represent that in a way the learner will understand.
Not an easy task for neurotypical people, but that is why we, as educational content developers, need to lead this effort. Instead of demanding service animals, folks with canes, and people in various wheelchairs/walkers/braces/etc., perhaps we rise to the occasion and figure out how to be more inclusive of those we have repeatedly overlooked for centuries?
Instead of threatening to pull our subscriptions from the service, could we make a concerted effort to include representation of those whose disabilities are not easily detected by the eye?
I am just putting it out there for thought.
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