“Reflecting the diversity of (its) community” is the ambition of the Snapchat social network which launches its first Bitmoji in a wheelchair. Aware of the multiplicity of forms of disability, he promises to work on new inclusive avatars.
After emoticons, it’s time for inclusive Bitmoji! Social network Snapchat, very popular with generations Y and Z, launches its first wheelchair avatars. His ambition? “ Reflect the diversity of our community. »Created with the help of people concerned and a counselor in disability rights, they intend to represent, with precision, all the details of a manual chair (arm protector, footrest, seat fabric … ). For several years, emojis have been intended to be more authentic, highlighting different shades of skin, hair, disability (article linked below) … Initiatives that may seem symbolic but allow to anchor the subject of the inclusion in everyone’s mind, from an early age.
Bitmoji still too reductive?
The principle of Bitmoji? Shape a virtual character in his image. Some people with reduced mobility have been able to do so since February 25, 2021, the date of implementation of the test, by typing in the search bar ” Wheelchair », via l’application Bitmoji Or on Snapchat in the tab ” stickers “… And the others ? Aware that disability has many ” visible and invisible shapes “, The platform is committed to working on” new inclusive designs “, Inviting Internet users, to better stick to reality, to make suggestions. Even if he recognizes ” the work that remains to be done “, The social network hopes” take one more step ” in favor of “ l’inclusion “, An element judged” fundamental ».
In December 2020, Paris 2024 launched a mobilization campaign to include emojis in the colors of the Paralympic disciplines (article linked below). Blind football, para-swimming, wheelchair tennis … ” Today, these sports exist. These emojis still not. » Smiley impatient ?
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