Today, the third Thursday of the month of May, the World Accessibility Awareness Day, which – as the name says – celebrates and encourages initiatives that help people with disabilities, limitations and special needs, either directly or indirectly. Apple, of course, was not left out of the celebrations.
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The company started the day by highlighting on the main page of its website, in several locations (including Brazil), its accessibility page with an impact phrase: “A technology is only powerful when its power is for everyone.” It is worth noting that this page has been in existence for some time, bringing a series of interesting information about initiatives to include people with disabilities in Apple products and systems.
App Store
The “Today” section of App Store started showing four stories of users with disabilities: we have the cases of Lee Ridley (a comedian who was born with cerebral palsy), Simon Wheatcroft (an athlete with total loss of vision), Emman Twe (a DJ who had one arm amputated yet childhood) and Brandon Cole (developer accessibility consultant who is blind).
The App Store also highlighted, as expected, a series of applications dedicated to accessibility, such as: Read2Go, Voice Dream Reader, Deaf Wake, Speechify, Keeble and much more – besides the Shortcuts, from Apple itself, which can also be a great ally of users with certain limitations.
Rachael Short

It is also worth mentioning the profile published in the company’s news center about the photographer Rachael Short, who became quadriplegic after a car accident suffered at the age of 28.
During the recovery period (more than a year), Rachael won an iPhone 4 from her best friend and rediscovered her love of photography; since then, she has only used iPhones for her work for mobility and ease of use, preferring to focus on the image instead of the equipment. Today, she uses an iPhone XS and the Hipstamatic app to make her photos, with edits made on Snapseed.
Tim Cook himself commented the story on Twitter:
Global Accessibility Awareness Day is an opportunity to celebrate what makes each of us unique. Thanks, Rachael, for sharing your magnificent photography with the world. Proud that Apple is part of your work. #shotoniPhone # GAAD2019 https://t.co/j64RfRqEH3 pic.twitter.com/hK08n4zzny
– Tim Cook (@tim_cook) May 16, 2019
World Accessibility Awareness Day is an opportunity that we have to celebrate what makes each of us unique. Thank you, Rachael, for sharing your magnificent photographs with the world. What a pride to see Apple do part of their job. #shotoniPhone # GAAD2019
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Pretty cool, isn’t it?