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Hey Netflix — love to see Alice Wong 王美華 on Human Resources. HATE to hear the audio description track call her "wheelchair-bound" in the middle of a joyful scene. Fix please

So excited for this #FAccT2023 work on disability-centered perspectives of LLM’s by Vinitha Gadiraju Shaun Kane Sunipa Dev [email protected] @justaturbo Remi Denton Robin N. Brewer, Ph.D. dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/35…

I'm really proud of this work - investigating how generative models may negatively represent people with disabilities, and highlighting the importance of including PWD in model evaluations #FAccT2023

From [email protected] on Mastodon “graphics and images, the assumption that they will be experienced visually is implicit in the language we use. … visual arts, visual aids, & data visualizations; we conflate the world of images w/the sense of vision as perception.” technologyreview.com/2023/06/15/107…

New work! a brilliant conversation with Cynthia Bennett (she) 👩🏻‍🦯 on "Access Work: Laboring with Non-Innocent Authorization" in interactions. Thank you Sarah Fox @seyramavle for inviting and supporting the process! interactions.acm.org/archive/view/j…

"Sometimes providing access becomes an act of curating other people's experiences, which is antithetical to the spirit of accessibility." Cynthia Bennett (she) 👩🏻‍🦯

Such a rich and nuanced conversation between Louise Hickman and Cynthia Bennett (she) 👩🏻‍🦯 on access work, and the regressiveness of automated tools meant to replace human expertise. A *must read* out now, via the Tech Labor forum in interactions

I absolutely can’t wait to read Andrew Leland ‘s The Country of the Blind! I had all the emotions remembering my own adjustment to blindness training 11 years ago (gasp) from laughing to tearing up reading this excerpt. newyorker.com/culture/the-we…

barbie’s wheelchair vs my actual wheelchair: a critical comparison aka the best twitter thread i will ever post strap in #Barbie

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We are running an online workshop at ASSETS 2023 focused on tackling the lack of a practical guide in disability-centered research. Please consult our website for details assets2023guide.mere.st and help us spread the word. Please retweet. sigaccess #ASSETS23 #ASSETS2023 #a11y

Heading to ASSETS in New York? Well the amazing folks at the NY Public Library are putting on a 2-day accessible tech conference right before ASSETS starts. Amazing folks whose work I love will be there like Cynthia Bennett (she) 👩🏻‍🦯, [email protected] on Mastodon, Maitraye Das + more. nypl.org/blog/2023/09/2…

Nonvisual Drawing Club (Holiday Edition) is this Saturday from 2:30-4:30 pm, led by Cynthia Bennett (she) 👩🏻‍🦯! Please bring a holiday touch object from home to share while practicing various tactile drawing techniques. All levels are welcome! ☃️

Read Kelly Mack ‘s project on disability representation in AI-generated images here: a11ykelly.medium.com/disability-rep…

A super useful thread!

Seeking Student Volunteers for sigaccess ASSETS'24! Closing date: July 31st. More details at assets24.sigaccess.org/attending/stud…. Come be part of the fantastic team that is making the premier conference on computers and accessibility happen this year.

The #assets2024 conference on computers and accessibility is offering scholarships for free registration to attend online. Super opportunity to learn about the fantastic work and meet the lovely people of the sigaccess research community. Apply online: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…