AI is holding up a mirror: disability inclusion and artificial diversity

AI is holding up a mirror: disability inclusion and artificial diversity

Artificial intelligence (AI) offers enormous opportunities for disability inclusion. It's revolutionising assistive technologies, allowing disabled people to identify accessible routes and enhance personal mobility and communication. AI's adaptive nature addresses specific individual needs, greatly expanding the possibilities for reasonable accommodation. Additionally, AI like ChatGPT is great for people with energy-deficit conditions (e.g. it can draft … Continue reading AI is holding up a mirror: disability inclusion and artificial diversity

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Deaf anxiety (and how you can help)

Deaf anxiety (and how you can help)

I have Deaf anxiety. I’ve only come to realise this during the pandemic because of mandatory mask wearing and my inability to rely on lip reading (which I have been unconsciously doing my whole life). I’m fully deaf in my left ear and moderately deaf in my right. Although, I wear hearing aides most of … Continue reading Deaf anxiety (and how you can help)