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raineyday

@raineyday@neurodifferent.me

#Tourette since age 7, Dx 17.

Lifelong #ADHD but no Dx until mid-40s.

So thoroughly steeped in #depression and #anxiety that it's my normal and hard to ID as such.

Emotionally abused as a child, thus low self-esteem. Apparently this gave me #PTSD.

she/her, bi, possibly ace???

Happily married to #ActuallyAutistic he/him.

Avatar is Donna Noble from Doctor Who.

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raineyday , to random
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Question for everyone, because I have no idea whether this is a neurodivergent thing or just a common human thing. Boost for reach and indicate whether or not you're neurodivergent, and if so, which variety/varieties.

Do any other non-musicians get obsessed with a song/tune? I am not talking about involuntary earworms, I am talking about falling in love with a piece and thinking about it often and wanting to listen to it quite frequently.

My relevant neurodivergence is ADHD and Tourette syndrome.

BeAware ,
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@raineyday I do. I am ADHD and get songs stuck in my head constantly.

raineyday , to random
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A Tumblr post by DracuDyke. I honestly do not know how applicable this is outside of Tumblr, particularly on the Mastodon/Misskey/Pleroma, etc. side of the Fediverse. I do know that most such instances don't provide the requisite character count to pull this off. Heck, I had to break up the screenshot because there wasn't enough room for all of the alt text if I left it intact. (Yes, I know the character count for toots vs alt text are entirely unrelated to each other. There's no way I could make this a single toot on my main account.)

Also, does anyone know what "PT" stands for in this context?

@FediTips

Is only Alt Text enough?
[PT: Is only Alt Text enough? End PT.]

If you post something and include an image description in the alt text, that's great! But it would be even better if you included a description in the body of the post as well. Alt text doesn't always work, especially on a platform as broken as Tumblr is. An image must also load fully before the [ALT] button shows up, so people with Internet issues won't be able to see it for a long time. It also requires pressing on the small [ALT] button, which may be difficult for people with motor issues. The point I'm trying to make here is that the ability to access and read alt text is conditional, not a given. Putting the image description in the text of the post helps it be accessible to everyone.

"Okay, well can I at least put it under a readmore?"
[PT: "Okay, well can I at least put it under a readmore?" End PT]

No! If your blog or the original post is deleted, that readmore is gone forever! It also presents an extra step, another thing to push. This can be difficult for a number of reasons! I have also heard that readmores are difficult for some screenreaders, but I can't remember for sure.

"Can I at least make it pretty?"
[PT: "Can I at least make it pretty?"]

No! If you write the image description in small text, italics, bold, colored text, or other fonts that makes the description harder to read! That defeats the purpose! It can also be hard for screenreaders to read certain kinds of text, especially unicode or other fonts.

TLDR: Please include your image descriptions in the body of the post as plain text. It's the best way to make sure your post is actually accessible to everyone!

[PT: TLDR. end PT.]

Middle third of a Tumblr post. "Okay, well can I at least put it under a readmore?" [PT: "Okay, well can I at least put it under a readmore?" End PT] No! If your blog or the original post is deleted, that readmore is gone forever! It also presents an extra step, another thing to push. This can be difficult for a number of reasons! I have also heard that readmores are difficult for some screenreaders, but I can't remember for sure.
Last third of a Tumblr post. "Can I at least make it pretty?" [PT: "Can I at least make it pretty?"] No! If you write the image description in small text, italics, bold, colored text, or other fonts that makes the description harder to read! That defeats the purpose! It can also be hard for screenreaders to read certain kinds of text, especially unicode or other fonts. TLDR: Please include your image descriptions in the body of the post as plain text. It's the best way to make sure your post is actually accessible to everyone! [PT: TLDR. end PT.]

Top third of a Tumblr post. DracuDyke Is only Alt Text enough? [PT: Is only Alt Text enough? End PT.] If you post something and include an image description in the alt text, that's great! But it would be even better if you included a description in the body of the post as well. Alt text doesn't always work, especially on a platform as broken as Tumblr is. An image must also load fully before the [ALT] button shows up, so people with Internet issues won't be able to see it for a long time. It also requires pressing on the small [ALT] button, which may be difficult for people with motor issues. The point I'm trying to make here is that the ability to access and read alt text is conditional, not a given. Putting the image description in the text of the post helps it be accessible to everyone.
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    • FediTips ,
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    @weirdwriter @raineyday

    Thanks very much for the response, that's really interesting to hear. Really grateful for your advice on this.

    It seems like Tumblr is in a very different situation then.

    weirdwriter ,

    @FediTips @raineyday Also, other Fediverse apps use the alt attribute for media as well, so best to make sure they all at least have some standard metadata they can use in their own way if they so wish. Like I said, other projects, not Mastodon, are entertaining the idea of letting admins/ and or users disable media without descriptions in the metadata but nothings happened in this space yet, but they can entertain the thought because other projects can pull from that metadata, the alts.

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