Designing an Inclusive Future
📋 What it is
New technology (like AI) can either include or exclude — designing it fairly means including disabled people in the process.
🗣️ Coach says
The future is being built now, and it can go either way. AI and new tech can open huge access (real-time captions, smart assistive tools) — but only if they’re designed WITH disabled people, not just for them. "Nothing about us without us" applies to tech too: the best inclusive future includes everyone in the designing.
🧠 Memory hook
New tech can include OR exclude. Build it WITH disabled people — "nothing about us without us" for tech too.
😂 Giggle
The hearing aid and the glasses met at a party. "We have so much in common," they agreed.
"We both help people experience the world more fully."
😲 Whoa!
AI that wasn’t tested with diverse people has failed real users — which is exactly why inclusive design matters from the start.
✅ Quick check: How do we make sure new technology is inclusive?
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
Design it WITH disabled people from the start, not just for them.
Including affected people in the design is how tech becomes genuinely accessible.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Imagine one gadget that would help someone with a different ability. Who would you ask to help design it?