Disability emojis on the way

Wed,6 February 2019
News Equality & Rights

Disability-themed emojis to be released later this year.

Read more in the Belfast Telegraph

Disability themed emojis

Icons showing hearing aids, wheelchairs, prosthetic limbs and guide dogs are among the latest set of approved images from the Unicode Consortium, the body which maintains and regulates the library of characters.

Comments we are getting from Facebook about these emojis

  • Can’t see a context were I would use them
  • Weird as I use emojis to express emotions rather than facts. So I'm struggling to see a context in which I'd use these.
  • more ethnic diversity please? [this does seem to be covered in the images below]
  •  looking for one that can be me !