Disability

  • Read more: Artificial Intelligence and Disability/Dependency: Equity, Access, and Interdependence
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    Artificial Intelligence and Disability/Dependency: Equity, Access, and Interdependence

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    Description This event highlighted the challenges and opportunities in harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to serve the needs of individuals with disabilities and dependencies. AI can improve the lives of people with disabilities, such as smart devices supporting people with physical disabilities or sight loss. On the other hand, AI outputs can also reflect discriminatory…

  • Read more: New technologies are empowering persons with disabilities. But are they Assistive?
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    New technologies are empowering persons with disabilities. But are they Assistive?

    By Adriana Krasniansky Consumer tech has reduced daily friction for countless individuals, making it easier to control households, shop for groceries, and connect with loved ones. These technologies can be especially empowering for persons with disabilities, increasing accessibility and resolving frustrations of everyday activities. You may have seen related news in press releases and popular…

  • Read more: Exploring Elder Care Robotics: Voice Assistants and Home Hubs
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    Exploring Elder Care Robotics: Voice Assistants and Home Hubs

    By Adriana Krasniansky This article is part of a four-part series that researches how robotics are being developed for aging care and investigates their ethical implications. In our first article, we explored emotional companion robots, which soothe and comfort patients experiencing loneliness, depression, or diseases such as Alzheimer’s. Today, we look at voice assistants and…

    a home hub featuring icons of all the tasks it can assist with in a thinking cloud
  • Read more: Uncertainty and Immutability: Arguments for Genetic Nondiscrimination
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    Uncertainty and Immutability: Arguments for Genetic Nondiscrimination

    By Kaitlyn Dowling, based on research by the Cyberlaw Clinic at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society In a year-long series on Bill of Health, we’ll be exploring the legal scholarship on genetic non- discrimination. We’ll talk more about GINA and state laws protecting citizens from genetic discrimination. We hope these posts help…

  • Read more: New TWIHL with Melissa Keyes, Heather Walter-McCabe, Stacey Tovino, & Ruqaiijah Yearby
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    New TWIHL with Melissa Keyes, Heather Walter-McCabe, Stacey Tovino, & Ruqaiijah Yearby

    By Nicolas Terry This episode was recorded at our recent conference entitled Getting Real About Health Care for All. An outstanding panel at the conference was asked the question, “Can We Make Health Care Inclusive?” To answer that question we welcomed Melissa Keyes, Heather Walter-McCabe, Stacey Tovino, and Ruqaiijah Yearby. They approached the question from…

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  • Read more: Matthew Cortland on “The Week in Health Law” Podcast
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    Matthew Cortland on “The Week in Health Law” Podcast

    By Nicolas Terry This week’s guest is Matthew Cortland, a patient and health care rights advocate from Massachusetts. He received his graduate training in public health from Boston University and earned a J.D. from George Mason University School of Law. He is disabled and chronically ill, a superbly effective lawyer, writer, and speaker as well…

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  • Read more: When All You Have is a DALY, Everything Looks Like Disease
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    When All You Have is a DALY, Everything Looks Like Disease

    By John Hylton Recently the Petrie-Flom Center’s annual conference brought together medical experts, bioethics scholars, and disability advocates to rethink how medical systems and public health policies can engage with disability. During the many fascinating panels at “Beyond Disadvantage: Disability, Law, and Bioethics” one idea that sparked some debate was whether we should use quality/disability…

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  • Read more: State-Level Solutions to Discrimination in Organ Transplants 
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    State-Level Solutions to Discrimination in Organ Transplants 

    By Emily Largent In recent years, alleged instances of discrimination against people with disabilities in organ transplantation have captured public attention. In 2012, for example, the parents of Amelia Rivera, a child with Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome, alleged that they were told their daughter was not a candidate for a kidney transplant because of her “mental retardation.” The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia denied “disqualify[ing] transplant patients on the basis of intellectual ability.” Nevertheless, more…