Is Artificial Intelligence Assistive Technology?
Artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT are among the newest technologies to become relevant in the world of education. Education experts are unsure how user-friendly artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT will change teaching and learning. That concern extends to how AI may affect disabled students. On the one hand, these devices can act as personal…
Bathroom Bills Affect Disabled People
CW: Transphobia Just weeks after the state passed a law that could prohibit people from using restrooms and other facilities that don’t align with their sex assigned at birth, a Kansas woman claimed she was asked to leave the restroom at a library in the state’s largest city while accompanying her adult son who is…
Disabled People Aren’t Welcome Here
CW: Ableism Immigrants with disabilities encounter systemic challenges, including discrimination, socioeconomic deprivation, and barriers to accessing the safety net. However, little information is available on the frequency of disability and the characteristics of adult immigrants who are not elderly. 5.6 percent of nonelderly immigrants are disabled based on five-year estimates from the 2015 to 2019…
Disability Benefits Are Becoming More Difficult to Receive
Michael Sheldon was thrown off a road-paving equipment and fell 50 feet down a Colorado slope, striking a heap of boulders headfirst on a summer day in 2006. His persistent headaches, chronic pain, and post-traumatic stress have made it hard for him to return to his job building roads for new subdivisions after eight surgeries…
Disability Discrimination In The Workplace
CW: Ableism Federal officials filed a lawsuit against a Culver’s fast-food franchisee in Cottage Grove on Tuesday, stating that many of the fast-food restaurant’s employees were subjected to racial, homophobic, and sexist remarks, as well as hostility toward a disabled worker. The EEOC filed civil rights lawsuits against R&G Endeavors. R&G Endeavors operates the Culver’s…
Accommodations in Higher Education
Cyn Gomez discovered they’d taken the benefits of online learning for granted when they landed on the UC Berkeley campus as a second-year student in autumn 2022. The move to in-person classes was challenging due to their depression, anxiety, and learning disabilities. They sought accommodations from the university’s Disabled Students’ Program in order to be…
The Debt Celling Negotiations Put Disabled People at Risk
Millions of Americans who rely on Medicaid for their health insurance have found themselves in a Catch-22 situation. Republicans and Democrats are arguing over a plan to raise the country’s debt ceiling. Republicans’ plan to connect Medicaid eligibility, the government-funded health insurance program for low-income and disabled adults, to a specific number of hours worked…
Voting Should Be Accessible for Disabled Americans
Voters with disabilities, like every other American citizen, should have the same right and equal opportunity to vote. Absentee voting is essential because many voters with disabilities find it more challenging or risky to cast their ballots in person. However, the Georgia voting law passed in March 2021 focuses on absentee voting, making voting harder…
Paratransit Problems in the Big Apple
When Henry Ludmer needed to complete an assessment to determine whether he was eligible for Access-A-Ride’s paratransit service following a 2017 hip replacement several years ago, he went to a walk-in clinic just a few minutes from his West Village apartment. However, the 81-year-old’s scheduled recertification this spring was far from close to home: the…
Apple’s Commitment To Accessibility Continues
On Tuesday, Apple provided a sneak peek at a few new features for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac that will improve accessibility for those with disabilities related to vision, speech, cognition, hearing, and mobility. The improvements are expected to be available later this year. This comes as Apple prepares for its Worldwide Developers Conference, which…
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