[Access Lunch] Happening Today: Reading for 5/6; Last Meeting of Semester; Sign Up for Summer Reading!

[Cynthia Bennett]

Hi Everyone,

First, for our last reading group of spring semester, we’ll read one paper this week on considerations we should taken into account for building infrastructures to collect disability-related data. These design considerations were developed from semi structured interviews with people with disabilities and a probe which simulated collecting data. Fairness, accountability, and transparency of AI systems is a hot topic, as we probably all know. How to use machine learning to relieve access barriers and empower us to be able to customize our experiences often requires data. Disability and health-related data is often protected by law but is also sensitive, resulting in negative experiences and outright discrimination, keeping people with disabilities cautious to disclose. I am excited to red this paper as this topic has been a big stuck point for me.

Second, this Thursday, May 6th is our last reading group of spring semester. We’ll take a few weeks off but I’d love to continue reading for the summer. Please let me know if you’d like to be included, and please pass this announcement around to your colleagues. We’ll include some introductory material on disability and disability studies in hopes of welcoming summer interns, and anyone who is new to accessibility and disability. So whether or not you can join, please do share your key readings; I for example really appreciated the reading Sara offered on people with type 1 diabetes published at Pervasive Health as I thought it was a really accessible educational piece that would resonate with new learners. I hope you will consider joining, as even if this material is familiar to you, you can be a great discussant as we all learn from people who have experiences different from us. Be sure to let me know if you’re committed to reading and attending an hour-long meeting each week as those who share their interest will be sent a poll so we can pick a time that hopefully works for everyone.

As always, join us at Accessibility Lunch on Thursday, May 6th at 1:30 PM EST here.
https://cmu.zoom.us/j/95170225799?pwd=UkhZWmwwUkp6M3BMR1dsM0taNjNnZz09

See you later,

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