Disability Inclusion: Required - Episode 25 - The Joy of Access: Alt Text as Poetry

This conversation explores the power of creative and poetic image descriptions to ensure accessibility for people with vision disabilities. Guests Leona Godin and Olivia Dreisinger discuss the concept of "Alt Text as Poetry" and "Alt Text Selfies" as ways to translate visual information into concise yet expressive language. They emphasize the importance of including details like race, disability, and other marginalized identities in descriptions, rather than aiming for an unrealistic "colorblind" objectivity. The discussion also touches on the need to fund and elevate disabled storytellers, creators, and curators to shift narratives away from harmful tropes. Overall, the speakers advocate for a more sensory, multidimensional approach to accessibility and cultural production that celebrates disability as a creative force.

Our podcast theme music is by Andre Louis and Precious Perez. Thank you to Recording Artists And Music Professionals With Disabilities (RAMPD) for connecting these talented disabled musicians with the Disability & Philanthropy Forum.