The emoji world is constantly evolving and in a push to make emoji's more inclusive, Apple is now proposing emojis to represent people with disabilities.
They have sent a proposal to emoji-creators Unicode Consortium, hoping that 'accessibility emojis' will be introduced.
If approved, the new emojis will include a guide dog, hearing aid, people using canes and wheelchairs, and prosthetic limbs.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">🆕 📲 New: Apple has submitted a proposal to Unicode for accessibility emojis including people in wheelchairs, service dogs, and prosthetic limbs. If approved, they'll be on phones next year <a href="https://t.co/ic87QRkDpj">https://t.co/ic87QRkDpj</a> <a href="https://t.co/d7NISQR0me">pic.twitter.com/d7NISQR0me</a></p>— Emojipedia 📙 (@Emojipedia) <a href="https://twitter.com/Emojipedia/status/977228909916884999?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Manual wheelchair and mechanized wheelchair options are included in this proposal <a href="https://t.co/oVD7qEoFHl">pic.twitter.com/oVD7qEoFHl</a></p>— Emojipedia 📙 (@Emojipedia) <a href="https://twitter.com/Emojipedia/status/977232940299096064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In addition to a guide dog emoji, new characters for people walking with a probing cane are proposed. These would likely support genders and skin tones if approved. <a href="https://t.co/NSEAHQYSlF">pic.twitter.com/NSEAHQYSlF</a></p>— Emojipedia 📙 (@Emojipedia) <a href="https://twitter.com/Emojipedia/status/977252501929058304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2018</a></blockquote>
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