Apple Proposes New Emojis With Disabilities

Mar 22

Emojis with wheelchairs, white canes, and various other disabilities may soon be coming to your iPhone: Apple has proposed a suite of 13 new emojis "to better represent individuals with disabilities.""Diversifying the options available helps fill a significant gap and provides a more inclusive experience for all," Apple wrote in its proposal to the Unicode Consortium, which governs the of new emojis.In its proposal, Apple also noted that the emoji was developed with input from American Council of the Blind, the Cerebral Palsy Foundation, and the National Association of the Deaf.Anyone can propose new emojis. Each proposal wends its way through layers of committees before making it to your phone, and not all proposals are approved. Apple's has been accepted by the Unicode Emoji Subcommittee and will now move on to the next step, discussion and review by the Unicode Technical Committee. The UTC's next meeting is slated for April 3–5.Here are some of the proposed emojis: apple-disable-emojis