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An alt text selfie is any written self-portrait. This project takes a well-known practice—the selfie—and approaches it through a disability lens.
Alt Text Selfies | Making a Case for Self-Description: It’s Not About Eye Candy When the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020, the world changed forever and a spotlight shined on systemic inequality in areas such as the following: Police brutality and systematic racism Inequitable healthcare Overworked and dissatisfied employees That spotlight radiated outward enabling others to see new possibilities. Working from home, an accommodation to some and a necessity for others, became more commonplace. The world became aware of Zoom and other online meeting platfo
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