Tag: AI and people with disabilities
Last week, I ran across this thread on Twitter. I wanna zoom in on one word in one sentence. “There is a *need* to develop a system that establishes a link between spoken and sign languages.” This entire abstract and paper are obviously wrong and deeply problematic, but let’s talk about “need” for […]
“What is this thing?” Good morning/afternoon/evening from Changzhou, China. This week—my first at the University of Edinburgh—has been an exciting one filled with figuring out where everything is (virtually since I’m commuting from across the planet). I began this week thinking I had a whole year before I really needed to start honing in on […]
![A salesperson, naps in a tech startup's office on April 15, 2022. Once busy with sales calls, tech conferences, and trade shows that frequently took her around the country, she has plenty of downtime. Changzhou has strict quarantine policies for residents who leave the city and return, making business trips unpopular. [photo by Theresa Boersma] Woman facing away from the camera, sprawled across her computer desk as if sleeping. Behind her, through a half-unshaded window, you can see a multi-story pagoda](https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/ls_efie11121_efie11122_2022_23/wp-content/uploads/sites/6900/2022/10/Boersma-Final-3May2022-12-scaled.jpg)
![A typical evening in Changzhou's commercial downtown core in February 2022 [photo by: Theresa Boersma] An ebike driver sits parked on an ebike at an intersection at night as blurred traffic flows by. Lights from tall buildings color the background.](https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/ls_efie11121_efie11122_2022_23/wp-content/uploads/sites/6900/2022/09/Changzhou-scenes-Feb-2022-5_edited.jpg)
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