SPEAKER: Hello, and welcome back to the channel and Vlogmas.
Today we're finally, a couple of days late and that's not going
to do any disable accessibility, whatever gift guide.
I did ask on Twitter and Instagram
if you had any suggestions because I was
curious and I didn't want to keep on doing
repeats from the last two years.
Yes, of course, you could ask the person directly what they want,
but for the sake of this video,
we're just throwing out some suggestions, right?
So, I pilled everything down to seven big
things that I think would be really,
really helpful and good for all across the board.
The first one, is buying from disabled business owners.
You're encouraged to help two people or more at the same time.
Get to help the disabled person who's running a business
and they get to pay their bills and you get the help out that
friend or that relative of yours with giving them something
that either they need or do just would thoroughly enjoy.
I'm going to toot my own horn a little bit of self-promotion
and say that I do have a merch store selling some shirts,
selling some mugs is accessibility-related for the most part.
And you're interested and, you know of accessibility,
T-shirts or captions or whatever,
I'm going to have that link down below.
But of course, obviously, I'm not the only
disabled business owner out there,
so I will have links down below to
a couple of people that are friends of
mine and some people that I follow on
Twitter and other people recommend.
So if you're curious about anything and you
want to support disabled business owners,
I will have that down below for you.
You're also welcome in the comments to leave
any suggestions of shops that you know of.
Number 2, gift cards.
I don't know what it is about people who hate giving gift cards
or the people who tell people not to give gift cards.
I like gift cards.
OK, maybe it's because I appreciate them more as I get older.
But I mean, what's not to like about them, honestly?
Take out in a grocery delivery gift cards.
Flowers are amazing.
So, you know, gift cards to DoorDash, Uber Eats,
Grubhub, Postmates, Instacart, things like that.
Now it's extremely helpful especially, you know,
during a pandemic when a lot of disabled people do
not want to risk going out and getting stuff,
or if there's a chronic fatigue or flare or a pain happening, you know,
sometimes I just cannot get myself to go out and get groceries.
Or I just don't have any energy to make food from scratch.
And having that option for delivery
and bringing it to my house is great,
and that's extremely helpful, obviously, to so many other people.
Also, someone with chronic pain, I get massages on a regular basis.
I try to go at least once a month.
I do it like twice a month.
But here's the thing.
Those things get a little bit crazy.
So if you know someone who could benefit
from a massage, really likes them.
It really helps them.
Consider getting a gift card from someone that they go to,
or they never had one before.
Just, you know, treat them to that experience for the first time.
Well, that could change their life, it changed mine, I don't know why,
but I love massages for so long, because they're expensive.
Also, as someone who has a YouTube channel and is self-employed
gift cards are things like Best Buy.
I know every time Amazon is mentioned,
people don't like it and I understand why.
But the fact of the matter is that Amazon is especially
beneficial to it's disabled people.
It's just what it is.
It's the most accessible thing right now.
So having options for Amazon, Best Buy, honestly,
anywhere that they like their favorite store,
target, that's going to be very helpful.
A lot of people on Twitter said a Roomba,
and I'm going to have to agree with this.
I've never tried one, but I'd really like to.
You know, vacuuming tires the absolute hell out of me.
I'm on two stories.
So having to carrier vacuum up a flight or stairs
is not exactly something that I enjoy,
and it's not actually something my body enjoys.
And I just get tired out very, very easily.
So if you just, you know, Roomba and let it do what it needs to do,
that's going to just make it so much easier.
I want one.
OK, so this is going to be more specific to cat owners like myself,
but Number 4, self-cleaning litter boxes.
You know, you hydrate a generic self-cleaning litter
boxes that look like a generic litter box.
But I've seen the little ones that have, like a little sphere.
I'd really like one of those.
I know those are super, super expensive, at least to me,
those are super, super expensive.
But, you know, even just a regular cleaning litter box,
that's electric self-cleaning is amazing.
Having to bend up and down, go up and out all the time, tires me out,
you know, that happens with a lot of other people as well.
Hurts my back a lot too.
The more cat you have, the more of a struggle it is to clean.
So blessed those self-cleaning litter boxes.
Number 5 it's kind of multiple things wrapped in one.
Generally, what I'm trying to get out here
is suggesting like a home system,
things like an Alexa.
Google has a couple of options.
I think Apple has some options.
This would be good for those of us who have brain fog and memory issues
and we can ask Alexa or whoever or whatever to remind us to do the same.
We have appointments or we have something on our to-do list.
I think they're very beneficial.
And also, if they're just little tasks around the house.
I know some of these systems can do whatever
it is that you want them to do.
So you want to turn on the lights,
turn off the lights, change color, right?
Then you can ask the system to do that.
Or if you're a weather nerd like me,
ask them what the weather is going to be for the day.
No, 6 is good.
If you are someone who wants to make your clothing
more accessible and actually open,
Stereolab hackability to get.
The previous video to this is sponsored.
But this video is not sponsored, but I do want to mention
it because if you're someone who likes clothing,
but it needs to be a little bit more adaptive,
needs to be a little bit more accessible.
These toolkits are really great for that.
I think it's a great tool for someone who may need it.
So take a look at that.
Number 7, which is one that I wish I had,
and hopefully I can utilize this in the future appointment with,
like a house organizer.
You know, think the home edit on Netflix?
For me, it is so difficult to organize my space,
clean my fridge, especially, you know,
I've spent so long trying to declutter things,
and one tires me the hell out me to help out.
Two, I recall everything so much.
It's so overwhelming, and it's just so
much easier when you have either other
people with you to help you or you just
having them to do it all together.
I mean, you obviously give them a little bit of insight,
but they can get that done, it helps out tremendously.
And I know that getting a space cleaned
and organized really benefits mental health.
It just makes everything a little bit better.
You're not worried about getting everything locked.
You're not worried about being suffocated
by so much crap around your space.
Don't let this set up for you.
It looks decent when the clutter is on the side,
away from the fridge for the most part and hidden by stuff.
Light you just, for the most part, can say.
I need one of these things too.
I know I need organization in my life.
All right, so those are the seven and main things
that I have to suggest to you this year.
Of course, there's so many more products,
services, etc that can be recommended.
And this is where the engagement comes as I'm going to let you all,
if you have any suggestions,
leave them down below in the comment
and we'll get to help each other out.
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