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Welcome back to our “WordPress.com Favorites” series! In these interviews, we’ll be highlighting bloggers about their passion project. Caution: contents guaranteed to be inspiring. This interview has been lightly edited.    

Shortly after Empish Thomas earned her journalism degree in the mid-’90s, she began experiencing severe headaches and sensitivity to light. After a visit to the eye doctor, she was diagnosed with uveitis, a generalized eye inflammation that can quickly escalate to permanent damage. Unfortunately, Empish fell into that category, losing her sight fully within a few years. 

Since then, she’s been a writer, journalist, and advocate for blindness and disability rights, telling stories and championing awareness along the way. 

Empish generously took the time to answer a few of my questions and share some ideas on how we can all be better advocates for disability rights.  

1. Tell us a little bit about yourself. What do you write about and why? How long have you been blogging?

I am a freelance writer and blogger. I started off as a writer many years ago and later started blogging in 2013. Although I have a journalism degree, I love writing for the pure pleasure of it. I launched my own blog about two years ago as a safe place to write my own thoughts and ideas about things that concerned me. I write especially about my life as a blind person because when I became disabled 20+ years ago, I rarely saw positive and interesting stories about the disabled.

2. What are some of the most common negative portrayals you see about folks with disabilities in the news or in pop culture?

Well, there are actually two things I notice. One is the “superhero crip” image. That is a disabled person overcoming these incredible challenges and doing amazing things that everyone is impressed by. It sends a message that all disabled people are supposed to or want to be that way. It communicates a false expectation. At the end of the day, we are all human beings and live lives like everyone else.

The second one is that we are not visible at all. Many times, I will read a story or watch a news segment and wonder, “Where are the blind people? What is happening to those with disabilities?” This is not necessarily a negative thing, but more [shows our] exclusion from the storyline.

3. Let’s move to the workplace. How can employers become better allies and advocates for disability rights?

First, making sure that disabled employees get their accommodations to perform their jobs. 

Then, providing the support, encouragement, and motivation to help them move upward in the company the way you would an abled-bodied person. Sometimes I think that people with disabilities are not encouraged to move up into management or higher-level positions. It is like people can’t imagine a blind person as a supervisor or director. But with the right support, they could do the job like anyone else.

A Few of Empish’s Favorite Posts:

• Working and Writing in the Disability Non-Profit World
• I’ve Become My Own Tech Support When Working From Home
• It’s a White Cane Not a Stick
• My Laundry Isn’t Smart But I Am
• My Blindness Protected Me From the Full Grief and Horror of September 11th

4. You’ve mentioned podcasts in a number of blog posts. Do you have any favorite listening experiences to recommend?

Yes, some of my favorite podcasts are HISTORY This Week, LeVar Burton Reads, The Stacking Benjamins, Code Switch, and Grammar Girl. 

5. What can someone do today to be a better advocate for disability rights, especially in the online space?

For me, being a better advocate is learning as much as you can about blindness and visual impairment. Reading things written by disabled people in their own voices. Through my years of writing about the disabled, I have had people reach out to me to learn more and that is a good thing. 

Also, helping those of us with visual disabilities get access to the internet. I can’t begin to tell you the number of websites I go to with accessibility issues. It is a regular challenge. Reaching out to web developers is hard and exhausting sometimes. But having allies to help in this process would be wonderful. It could be a simple thing like bringing awareness, because people don’t think that blind people are online.

6. Do have any tips for aspiring bloggers or freelance writers? 

Depending on the type of blog you are writing, it is so important to be organized. I use an editorial calendar where I jot down blog ideas for each month. I think about things coming up, current events, trending topics, etc., and add them to the calendar. This helps me to keep a good flow of blog posts.

Once people start subscribing they expect to see posts on a regular basis, and having an editorial calendar helps me stay on track.

Want to learn more about being organized and consistent with your writing? Sign up for our free, self-guided Intro to Blogging course today: 

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This edition of the Core Weekly report highlights changes in PrestaShop’s core codebase from Monday 7th to Sunday 13th of March 2022.

General messages

Dear developers,

A bug was reported from users using Chrome latest version 99, the back-office login page display was incorrect. A fix has already been merged into 1.7.8.x branch by @NeOMakinG. Thank you everyone involved in the issue and discussion.

In the meantime, we merged the Pull Request that moved Classic theme out of the Core repository. Classic theme has now its own repository and is included inside PrestaShop through Composer (on develop branch).

Releases

• Ps_emailalerts module: v2.3.3

A quick update about PrestaShop’s GitHub issues and pull requests:

• 41 new issues have been created in the project repositories;
• 35 issues have been closed, including 16 fixed issues on the core;
• 75 pull requests have been opened in the project repositories;
• 89 pull requests have been closed, including 68 merged pull requests.

Code changes in the ‘develop’ branch

Core

• #27859: Update decimal to make it work without bcmath, by @PierreRambaud
• #27822: Don’t allow emails without TLD in the Email Validator, by @Progi1984
• #27646: Added module productcomments (now compatible with PS 8.0), by @Progi1984

• #27527: Remove deprecated enable_mobile

  disable_mobile. Thank you @PrestaEdit

Back office

• #27860: Added hooks for blockwishlist in classic theme, by @Progi1984
• #27851: Simply Delivery Slip Form, by @Progi1984
• #27848: Check href exists before replacing it in multistore header, by @atomiix
• #27793: BO - Customer Page - Allow only positive number for Maximum number of payment days, by @Progi1984
• #27720: MultiStore - Sell > Customer Service > Merchandise Return - Add Checkbox & Simplify Form, by @Progi1984
• #27673: Remove ecotax field when the product is virtual, by @Progi1984
• #27394: Improve Cart Rule Form Responsive footer, by @Progi1984
• #27373: BO Migration Contact > Stores - Add command, command handler and behat tests for status toggle. Thank you @LouisAUTHIE
• #27275: Move condition field from options to specifications tab, by @jolelievre

Front office

• #27830: Fixes php notice because $result maybe false value. Thank you @buggyzap
• #26854: Prevent customization modal open if qty changed in cart on classic, by @NeOMakinG
• #26048: Check quantities at any point of checkout process. Thank you @Hlavtox

Tests

• #27828: Functional tests - Fix monitoring tests. Thank you @nesrineabdmouleh
• #27820: Functional tests - Add new test ‘Select previous order’. Thank you @nesrineabdmouleh

Code changes in the ‘1.7.8.x’ branch

Back office

• #27843: Fix: login page float buggy on latest chrome version and long shop name problem, by @NeOMakinG
• #27776: Stock field must be empty and still be considered as zero, by @jolelievre

Code changes in modules, themes & tools

PrestaShop Project Metrics

• #27: Add webpage to display PR review comments data, by @matks
• #26: Do not rely on current datetime for developer stats, by @matks
• #24: Dont ignore weekend reviews, by @matks

Classic theme

• #9: Port latest changes from Core, by @eternoendless
• #8: Use CSSO Webpack plugin, by @eternoendless

Changes in developer documentation sources

• #1313: fix(doc): updated modulefrontcontroller doc. Thank you @Dreimus
• #1310: Update translation domains page, by @Julievrz
• #1308: Adding information for using TinyMCE editor and FormattedTextareaType with prestashop UI kit and twig form. Thank you @Rizzen59

Issues Bot

• #66: fix: labels changed, by @NeOMakinG
• #65: fix: remove empty character on waiting for author, by @NeOMakinG
• #64: fix: some errors because of multiple graphql calls, by @NeOMakinG
• #63: feat: add card to maxikanban if it doesn’t exist on move, by @NeOMakinG
• #62: Add new M2 rule, by @matthieu-rolland
• #61: fix: avoid issuebot crash if fieldValues is unreachable, by @NeOMakinG
• #60: fix: debug log for production env, by @NeOMakinG
• #59: feat: add 1.7.8.5 kanban, by @NeOMakinG
• #58: fix: optional chaining not supported in production, by @NeOMakinG
• #57: Add megakanban features, by @NeOMakinG
• #56: Remove megakanban features, by @NeOMakinG
• #55: Revert “fix: optional chaining not supported in production”, by @NeOMakinG
• #54: fix: optional chaining not supported in production, by @NeOMakinG
• #53: Add MegaKanban again, by @NeOMakinG

Hummingbird theme

• #196: Merge develop on master to deploy storybook, by @NeOMakinG
• #195: fix: use scss file for storybook deploy, by @NeOMakinG
• #194: Merge develop on master, by @NeOMakinG
• #193: feat: deploy storybook to gh-pages, by @NeOMakinG
• #192: fix: ts error on jest tests, by @NeOMakinG
• #191: Add storybook and bootstrap components, by @NeOMakinG
• #190: Improve useToast. Thank you @mparvazi

Nightly board

• #77: Deliver develop to master, by @NeOMakinG
• #76: Rebase develop to master and downgrade node-sass, by @NeOMakinG

Core Weekly Generator tool

• #119: Update mapping with new repositories and new names, by @matks
• #118: Improve Core Weekly template with refs to PrestaShop 8, by @matks

Customer reassurance block module

• #373: Bump css-loader from 6.7.0 to 6.7.1. Built by @dependabot[bot]
• #372: Bump css-loader from 6.6.0 to 6.7.0. Built by @dependabot[bot]

Faceted search module

• #630: Bump css-loader from 6.7.0 to 6.7.1. Built by @dependabot[bot]
• #629: Bump css-loader from 6.6.0 to 6.7.0. Built by @dependabot[bot]
• #612: Check access to product on category listing. Thank you @bibips

Docker images

• #300: Stop maintaining useless version, by @PierreRambaud
• #299: Update php gd library with proper parameters, by @PierreRambaud

Email Alerts module

• #108: Release 2.3.3, by @Progi1984
• #106: Fixed the hook listener for the hook actionProductAttributeDelete & Removed hooks actionProductOutOfStock & registerGDPRConsent as hook listeners are not defined, by @Progi1984

GDPR module

• #162: Bump version to 1.4.0, by @Progi1984

Auto Upgrade module

• #464: Add missing Security tab entries, by @atomiix

Wishlist block module

• #163: Removed the hook displayProductAdditionalInfo as the hook listener is not defined, by @Progi1984

Thank you to the contributors whose pull requests were merged since the last Core Weekly Report: @matks, @eternoendless, @Dreimus, @NeOMakinG, @Julievrz, @dependabot[bot], @Progi1984, @PierreRambaud, @matthieu-rolland, @Robin-Fischer-PS, @atomiix, @mparvazi, @buggyzap, @nesrineabdmouleh, @amaury-hanser, @Rizzen59, @jolelievre, @bibips, @PrestaEdit, @LouisAUTHIE, @Hlavtox!

Thank you to the contributors whose PRs haven’t been merged yet! And of course, a big thank you to all those who contribute with issues and comments on GitHub!

If you want to contribute to PrestaShop with code, please read these pages first:

• Contributing code to PrestaShop
• Coding standards

…and if you do not know how to fix an issue but wish to report it, please read this: How to use GitHub to report an issue. Thank you!

Happy contributin’ everyone!