Generative AI is not an assistive device because being a bad writer is not a disability.
September 3, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Generative AI is not an assistive device because being a bad writer is not a disability.
He's been fitted out with Trump's assistive device
September 21, 2026 at 6:24 PM
He's been fitted out with Trump's assistive device
January 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
There’s a pretty big difference between assistive AI and generative AI. Ignore people like this who try to convince you there isn’t. They’re usually shilling for billionaires.
August 22, 2026 at 2:30 AM
There’s a pretty big difference between assistive AI and generative AI. Ignore people like this who try to convince you there isn’t. They’re usually shilling for billionaires.
assistive devices are normal things and it is fucking ableist to mock people for using them
January 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
assistive devices are normal things and it is fucking ableist to mock people for using them
Assistive technologies like speech-to text software are, in this framing, cheating.
October 23, 2024 at 12:12 PM
Assistive technologies like speech-to text software are, in this framing, cheating.
People aren’t faking their disabilities, they’re faking being well.
We know society hates us.
We know we will be judged for using assistive devices.
Many of us take years to get the courage to lean in to accommodations.
Stop judging. Help us build a more inclusive world.
We know society hates us.
We know we will be judged for using assistive devices.
Many of us take years to get the courage to lean in to accommodations.
Stop judging. Help us build a more inclusive world.
September 27, 2026 at 5:18 AM
People aren’t faking their disabilities, they’re faking being well.
We know society hates us.
We know we will be judged for using assistive devices.
Many of us take years to get the courage to lean in to accommodations.
Stop judging. Help us build a more inclusive world.
We know society hates us.
We know we will be judged for using assistive devices.
Many of us take years to get the courage to lean in to accommodations.
Stop judging. Help us build a more inclusive world.
Had to block one of my favourite creators today cause they use AI to create a video and were like “everything uses AI these days”
There’s a difference between assistive AI and Gen AI… we’re not complaining about assistive technology but GENERATIVE AI
And you not knowing the difference… BLOCKED
There’s a difference between assistive AI and Gen AI… we’re not complaining about assistive technology but GENERATIVE AI
And you not knowing the difference… BLOCKED
January 9, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Had to block one of my favourite creators today cause they use AI to create a video and were like “everything uses AI these days”
There’s a difference between assistive AI and Gen AI… we’re not complaining about assistive technology but GENERATIVE AI
And you not knowing the difference… BLOCKED
There’s a difference between assistive AI and Gen AI… we’re not complaining about assistive technology but GENERATIVE AI
And you not knowing the difference… BLOCKED
Assistive technology is freedom.
July 6, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Assistive technology is freedom.
(NB: I don't have problems with automated screen readers for folks who need them; assistive devices are a different discussion entirely.)
May 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
(NB: I don't have problems with automated screen readers for folks who need them; assistive devices are a different discussion entirely.)
But this author seems to believe that knowledge is only real if it is accrued and expressed quickly. He also seems ignorant of the fact that pens, paper, and computers are all assistive technologies that he is making use of to . . . decry assistive technologies.
October 23, 2024 at 12:12 PM
But this author seems to believe that knowledge is only real if it is accrued and expressed quickly. He also seems ignorant of the fact that pens, paper, and computers are all assistive technologies that he is making use of to . . . decry assistive technologies.
Assistive device for putting on socks:
January 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Assistive device for putting on socks:
We need to start treating assistive devices like wheelchairs with the same level of normalcy we treat assistive devices like eyeglasses.
April 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
We need to start treating assistive devices like wheelchairs with the same level of normalcy we treat assistive devices like eyeglasses.
somebody just accused me of harassing people with assistive devices because i don't like meta glasses. for the record, i would like them to be available as assistive devices, which is not going to be reasonable if people are using them primarily for secret surveillance and stalking purposes
June 19, 2026 at 6:13 PM
somebody just accused me of harassing people with assistive devices because i don't like meta glasses. for the record, i would like them to be available as assistive devices, which is not going to be reasonable if people are using them primarily for secret surveillance and stalking purposes
there's so many people who wear glasses that get REAL MAD if you call glasses assistive technology lmao
The entire point of the human built environment is accessibility. Literally every technology starts as assistive technology
Shoes! Glasses! Clothing!
What makes things possible for someone makes things easier for everyone and all evolutionary roads lead to easy
Shoes! Glasses! Clothing!
What makes things possible for someone makes things easier for everyone and all evolutionary roads lead to easy
January 4, 2025 at 6:55 AM
there's so many people who wear glasses that get REAL MAD if you call glasses assistive technology lmao
So you spent hundreds on something that costs 20-40 dollars/Pounds/Euros?
The assistive tech angle does have some legs. I'm a technologist & assistive tech (AT) is something I have some skin in the game with. Let me tell you why buying assistive tech from Meta et al is a terrible idea:
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The assistive tech angle does have some legs. I'm a technologist & assistive tech (AT) is something I have some skin in the game with. Let me tell you why buying assistive tech from Meta et al is a terrible idea:
1/
July 14, 2026 at 8:57 AM
So you spent hundreds on something that costs 20-40 dollars/Pounds/Euros?
The assistive tech angle does have some legs. I'm a technologist & assistive tech (AT) is something I have some skin in the game with. Let me tell you why buying assistive tech from Meta et al is a terrible idea:
1/
The assistive tech angle does have some legs. I'm a technologist & assistive tech (AT) is something I have some skin in the game with. Let me tell you why buying assistive tech from Meta et al is a terrible idea:
1/
If you’re disabled, please lean in to assistive devices.
Don’t let the pervasive ableism within society stop you.
Get that scooter, wheelchair, cane or other tool you might need.
Assistive devices are amazing & you should never apologize for using them!
Don’t let the pervasive ableism within society stop you.
Get that scooter, wheelchair, cane or other tool you might need.
Assistive devices are amazing & you should never apologize for using them!
December 7, 2025 at 8:17 AM
If you’re disabled, please lean in to assistive devices.
Don’t let the pervasive ableism within society stop you.
Get that scooter, wheelchair, cane or other tool you might need.
Assistive devices are amazing & you should never apologize for using them!
Don’t let the pervasive ableism within society stop you.
Get that scooter, wheelchair, cane or other tool you might need.
Assistive devices are amazing & you should never apologize for using them!
The BBC's Accessibility Guide has several resources, including step-by-step instructions to using assistive technologies. The resource includes insight into several assistive technologies, including VoiceOver, JAWS, NVDA, TalkBack, ClaroRead, and Dragon.
bbc.github.io/accessibilit...
bbc.github.io/accessibilit...
Testing with assistive technology - Accessibility, Your Team and You
Team guide - Testing with assistive technology. What, when and how to test with AT.
bbc.github.io
June 3, 2025 at 3:43 AM
The BBC's Accessibility Guide has several resources, including step-by-step instructions to using assistive technologies. The resource includes insight into several assistive technologies, including VoiceOver, JAWS, NVDA, TalkBack, ClaroRead, and Dragon.
bbc.github.io/accessibilit...
bbc.github.io/accessibilit...
A repeat thought, Bluesky, & a Librarian told you this so it must be true 🤣
Audiobooks definitely count as reading (as well as listening). If you've played through an audioook, its perfectly fine to describe that as "I have read [x]"
All other forms of assistive software count as reading too 💙📚
👍
Audiobooks definitely count as reading (as well as listening). If you've played through an audioook, its perfectly fine to describe that as "I have read [x]"
All other forms of assistive software count as reading too 💙📚
👍
November 14, 2024 at 12:19 PM
A repeat thought, Bluesky, & a Librarian told you this so it must be true 🤣
Audiobooks definitely count as reading (as well as listening). If you've played through an audioook, its perfectly fine to describe that as "I have read [x]"
All other forms of assistive software count as reading too 💙📚
👍
Audiobooks definitely count as reading (as well as listening). If you've played through an audioook, its perfectly fine to describe that as "I have read [x]"
All other forms of assistive software count as reading too 💙📚
👍
5) They usually use a personal assistive device that ties into the ship's artificial gravity, but they're currently on earth, and want to be able to easily move outside of the academy where there isn't necessarily the same infrastructure.
February 12, 2026 at 10:33 PM
5) They usually use a personal assistive device that ties into the ship's artificial gravity, but they're currently on earth, and want to be able to easily move outside of the academy where there isn't necessarily the same infrastructure.
Who called a British man’s assistive walking device a cane and not a chap stick?
May 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Who called a British man’s assistive walking device a cane and not a chap stick?
Him using an assistive device is NOT the problem here.
#SheShed
#SheShed
FETTERMAN CONFRONTED: “I’m a breast cancer survivor, I had a double mastectomy, and the Trump administration took my health care away… And you’re standing with him.”
Fetterman can barely talk. Painful to watch as usual.
Fetterman can barely talk. Painful to watch as usual.
May 23, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Him using an assistive device is NOT the problem here.
#SheShed
#SheShed
The BBC's Accessibility Guide has several resources, including step-by-step instructions to using assistive technologies. The resource includes insight into several assistive technologies, including VoiceOver, JAWS, NVDA, TalkBack, ClaroRead, and Dragon.
bbc.github.io/accessibilit...
bbc.github.io/accessibilit...
Testing with assistive technology - Accessibility, Your Team and You
Team guide - Testing with assistive technology. What, when and how to test with AT.
bbc.github.io
December 4, 2024 at 11:06 PM
The BBC's Accessibility Guide has several resources, including step-by-step instructions to using assistive technologies. The resource includes insight into several assistive technologies, including VoiceOver, JAWS, NVDA, TalkBack, ClaroRead, and Dragon.
bbc.github.io/accessibilit...
bbc.github.io/accessibilit...
Just a reminder that the only reason the #Americans with #Disabilities Act was passed was that a bunch of wheelchair and assistive device users gathered in front of the Capitol, shed their assistive devices, and climbed up the stairs in demonstration.
It was 1990.
It was 1990.
January 26, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Just a reminder that the only reason the #Americans with #Disabilities Act was passed was that a bunch of wheelchair and assistive device users gathered in front of the Capitol, shed their assistive devices, and climbed up the stairs in demonstration.
It was 1990.
It was 1990.