Apple via EmojipediaApple recently outlined a new line of accessibility emoji in a proposal submitted to the Unicode Consortium. Some of the emoji characters that Apple proposed include a guide dog, people using canes and different types of wheelchairs, a hearing aid and prosthetic limbs. Currently, emoji provide a wide range of options, but may not represent the experiences of those with disabilities," said Apple in the opening line of the proposal. This includes a "deaf sign" (variants based on gender and skin tone) and an "ear with hearing aid" (variants based on skin tone). And if approved, the accessibility emoji characters Apple proposed would be shortlisted to be potentially included in Emoji 12.0, due to be released in the first half of 2019.

Source: Forbes March 25, 2018 00:00 UTC