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BlindNewWorld
@blindnewworld.bsky.social
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#BlindNewWorld: empowering the #blind and #VisuallyImpaired community while demystifying #blindness and breaking down barriers to #inclusion.

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As an educator, Tasha saw an unmet need for #Accessible info for students. Now, she uses her #PerkinsBrailler to make custom #Braille and modified print materials for people who are #Blind or have #PrintDisabilities.

Share your #Brailler story with the #BlindNewWorld: Perkins.org/MyPerkinsBrailler
A close-up of a woman's hands pulling a brailled birthday card with colorful balloons out of a Perkins Brailler that's covered with whimsical stickers, including a fox, a whale, cats and more. Text reads: #MyPerkinsBrailler
November 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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#HappyHalloween! 🎃

Treat every ghost and goblin you encounter to kindness, inclusion and #accessibility - no tricks! 👻 🍬 #BlindNewWorld

(Image via @rsbc.bsky.social on Instagram)
A digital illustration of two white ghosts on a black background. Text: "Inclusion isn't a trick. Diversity is a treat we all get to share."
October 31, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Welcome to the #BlindNewWorld haunted house. Enter if you dare! 🏚️ 👻
Digital illustration of a haunted house surrounded by ghosts, a graveyard and a witch flying past a full moon that serves as the background for all images in post. Text: A haunted house, but it's just someone saying, "But you don't look blind!" Digital illustration of a haunted house surrounded by ghosts, a graveyard and a witch flying past a full moon that serves as the background for all images in post. "A haunted house, but it's just trying to navigate an inaccessible website." Digital illustration of a haunted house surrounded by ghosts, a graveyard and a witch flying past a full moon that serves as the background for all images in post. Text: "A haunted house, but it's just finding out the hot new show doesn't have audio description." Digital illustration of a haunted house surrounded by ghosts, a graveyard and a witch flying past a full moon that serves as the background for all images in post. Text: "A haunted house, but it's just navigating an inaccessible, ableist world."
October 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Happy #WhiteCaneDay! 🦯🎉

Today is a day to celebrate and recognize this incredible tool that helps folks in the #BlindNewWorld navigate safely, independently and with confidence.

Can we do it? Yes we can(e)! 🧑‍🦯‍➡️🙌
A digital illustration of a white cane over a background of very light sparkles. Text reads: "I can. You can. We can(e)! Happy White Cane Day!" The BlindNewWorld logo is at the bottom of the graphic.
October 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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#PerkinsBrailler users - what's your story?

The folks at @perkinsvision.bsky.social want to know what your #brailler is up to - and how it helps you read, write and more in the #BlindNewWorld.

Share your #MyPerkinsBrailler story: Perkins.org/MyPerkinsBrailler
A little girl with pigtails smiles as she touches a key on her Perkins Brailler. Text: "It has helped my daughter get through her braille lessons and learn how to braille all her alphabet and contractions!" #MyPerkinsBrailler
September 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Give your #PerkinsBrailler the glow-up it deserves! ✨

For a limited time, @perkinsvision.bsky.social is giving away free cleaning kits - so that the 400,000+ Perkins Braillers out in the #BlindNewWorld can stay running at peak performance!

Get your kit: www.perkins.org/perkins.../b...
Photo of a Perkins Brailler surrounded by sparkle emojis. Text: "Give your brailler a glow up - because a clean brailler is a busy brailler! Get your free cleaning kit today: Perkins.org/CleaningKit."
August 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Today is the last day of #DisabilityPrideMonth - and like #disability itself, the month exists on a spectrum.

It's a time to celebrate, but also time to reflect, to feel, to collaborate and to rest in whatever ways you need. 🫶 #BlindNewWorld

(Image via ‪@katieblecker.bsky.social‬ on Insta)
White text overlaid on a pale image of the disability pride flag reads: "Disability Pride Month Disability Rage Month Disability Grief Month Disability Joy Month Disability Pain Month Disability Creativity Month Disability Community Month Disability Exhaustion Month Disability Freedom Month Disability is a spectrum" A watermark of Katie Blecker's Instagram handle is at the bottom of the graphic.
July 31, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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It's officially #DisabilityPride month, a time to focus on the amazing advocates, accomplishments and acceptance that make this community a powerhouse of inclusivity! 🎉

Join us in celebrating disability pride - this month, every month, and every day - in the #BlindNewWord!
Icons of figures navigating with a cane, a guide dog and in a wheelchair. The wheelchair user is holding a disability pride flag. Text reads: "Let's celebrate disability pride!" The BlindNewWorld logo is tucked into the large wheel of the wheelchair.
July 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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#HappyPride! 🌈

When you're celebrating, make sure that gatherings - from parties and picnics to protests and parades - are accessible for everyone.

Because in the #BlindNewWorld, we're all about #intersectionality, #inclusion, #accessibility - and love! 💕
A rainbow of fists, raised in the air in victory. The green one in the middle is holding a white cane. Text reads, “Happy Pride!” and the BlindNewWorld logo is in the lower right of the graphic.
June 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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The #BlindNewWorld includes everyone - even if you're in a galaxy far, far away.

Happy #StarWarsDay - and #MayThe4thBeWithYou. 🌟
Against the backdrop of space, a hand holds a white cane like a light saber. Text reads "Happy Star Wars Day!... and May the Fourth be with you." The BlindNewWorld logo is at the bottom of the graphic.
May 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Happy International #GuideDogDay!

We're sending a big thank you to all the hardworking pups that make life safer, more secure and - maybe most importantly - warmer and fuzzier for the folks who need them. 🦮 ❤️ #BlindNewWorld
A yellow outline of a guide dog in-harness on a black background. Text: "Happy International Guide Dog Day!" The BlindNewWorld logo is in the lower corner of the graphic.
April 30, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Happy #EarthDay!

Today - and every day! - it's important to be kind to Mother Nature so we can all continue to thrive in the #BlindNewWorld. ❤️ 🌎
A heart-shaped Earth with a white cane poking through it like an arrow. Text reads, "Happy Earth Day!" and the BlindNewWorld logo is at the bottom of the graphic.
April 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Diseducation, the latest from @lachimusic.bsky.social and Apl.De.Ap of the Black Eyed Peas, is a loud and proud #DisabilityPride anthem that educates everyone that #disabled people are joyful and independent - and don’t need pity.

But don't take our word for it. Take Lachi's! #BlindNewWorld ⬇️
April 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Democracy is a #Disability Issue: that's a fact. It's also the theme of this free @museumofscience.bsky.social and @perkinsvision.bsky.social event. ⬇️

Register to discuss #accessibility, accountability and equity in democracy: www.mos.org/events/democ...

Because every vote counts. 🗳️ #BlindNewWorld
An icon of a figure navigating toward a ballot box using a white cane. Text: "Join us on April 17 for Democracy is a Disability Issue - because in a true democracy, everyone can participate equally." Logos for the Museum of Science and the Howe Innovation Center at Perkins are below the image.
March 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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It's #WomensHistoryMonth - and we're kicking things off with one of our favorite #HelenKeller quotes! #BlindNewWorld
Quote from Helen Keller in yellow and white text on a black background reads: "The degree of a nation's civilization may be measured by the degree of enlightenment of its women." The BlindNewWorld logo is below the text.
March 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Love is... prioritizing #inclusion and #accessibility to let people know they matter. 💌

#HappyValentinesDay from #BlindNewWorld!

(Image via @Paths.To.Literacy on Instagram)
From lower left, moving clockwise, an assortment of Valentines with tactile decorations and text in braille and print: "You fill my bucket!" with a tactile basket stuffed with a heart; "I'm knot gonna lie - you are great!" with a piece of knotted yarn; "You make my heart jump up and down!" with a pipe cleaner modeled in a wave pattern with foam hearts bouncing over the waves; "You have stolen a pizza my heart" with a tactile slice of pizza; "You make my heart spin" with a red paper heart decorated with a tactile yellow swirl in the center.
February 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM