Guide dog and wheelchair user among new emojis

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Disability emojis: Guide dog and wheelchair user made available

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Apple has announced some new emojis - including a wheelchair user, people with walking sticks and a hearing aid. They've been released on World Emoji Day as part of a move by the tech company to represent disabled people better.An Apple spokesman said:"Celebrating diversity in all its many forms is integral to Apple's values.Also included in the new designs are skin tone variations for the"holding hand" emoji, as well as animals like a flamingo and food including waffle and falafel icons.

Apple has been keen to point out the new emojis do not represent all forms of disability, but should be seen as a starting point for better representation and diversity within the emoji world.

 

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Clearly my phone missed an update 🎅

So woke yet unable to grasp the fact that not all disability's are visible 🤡🤡

nigel farage emojee needed to comemerate nigel and his great contributions to making brexit happen, hope we get those papers signed soon

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