So over the past few days there have been a lot of things that warrant addressing, a lot of good things, one not so good thing. We don't have enough space to sticky everything that deserves to be stickied on the sub, so here is a rundown of what you should be aware of with regards to the state of the sub.

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#The Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference#

First there is a big event that you should be aware of if you are in the San Diego, CA area. The Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference is being held from March 21-26. This is a great opportunity to learn about advancements in technology and to meet people in the community if you can make it. You can find the official post $1.

 

#F123 Access Firefox Reddit Add-On#

Second, there is a new add-on for Firefox from the developers of F123 Access that should make your Reddit experience much better in terms of accessibility, find out more about it $1.

 

#/u/Nighthawk321's AMA#

Third, as of just today, /r/Blind's own /u/Nighthawk321 held a very successful and incredibly insightful AMA on /r/IamA that is totally deserving of your time. You can access it $1.

 

#Report Button PSA#

Lastly, there has been a bit of an issue with the report button recently. Moderator /u/impablomations made a post about it $1. To sum it up though, this subreddit is for issues relating to all stages of vision loss from low vision/ legal blindness all the way to total blindness. Vision loss is a spectrum with a lot of causes, just because something doesn't directly pertain to you or interest you does not necessarily mean that it is not worthy of being on the subreddit. If you believe content is bad, we encourage you to use the downvote button. The downvote button is a fantastic way to make sure that the best content is at the top of the front page for /r/Blind. Please reserve your use of the report button to rule breaking submissions or spam. If everyone can work together on that it would be super helpful to the moderation team.
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As a whole we have started off 2016 strong as a community, again congrats to /u/Nighthawk321. We look forward to continuing this year at the pace we have been going at. As always if you have comments or suggestions for how to make this sub better feel free to reach out. Have a great day everyone!