Hacker News with Generative AI: Disability

Why Autistic Women Have Been Overlooked for Decades (undark.org)
It’s been more than 30 years since the award-winning film “Rain Man,” starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise, put a spotlight on autism — or, more specifically, on a specific type of autism characterized by social awkwardness and isolation and typically affecting males.

Autism, Women's Health, Representation, Science, Disability

10 points by EA-3167 11 hours ago | 0 comments

People Are Using AI to Create Influencers with Down Syndrome Who Sell Nudes (404media.co)
Instagram’s unwillingness to moderate AI-generated content finds a new low.

Artificial Intelligence, Social Media, Ethics, Disability

15 points by voxadam 38 days ago | 9 comments

Census reveals high disability rates among gender-diverse Canadians (medicalxpress.com)
Using data from the latest census, York University researchers from the Faculty of Health found Canadians who identify as gender diverse experience disability at rates much higher than their cis counterparts. In particular, nonbinary individuals consistently had the highest levels of disabilities, followed by binary-transgender individuals.

Disability, Gender Identity, Health, Canada, Research

5 points by PaulHoule 68 days ago | 0 comments

To protest gun laws, a blind man got a handgun license (spokesman.com)
To protest Indiana’s gun laws, a blind man got a handgun license

Gun Control, Protests, Indiana, Disability

8 points by geox 75 days ago | 3 comments

Science YouTuber physicsgirl (Dianna Cowern) stands for the first time in 2 yrs (youtube.com)

Science, YouTube, Health, Disability

783 points by m348e912 87 days ago | 301 comments

Paralysed man communicates first words in months using brain implant (2022) (independent.co.uk)
A completely paralysed man, who was left unable to communicate for months after losing the ability to even move his eyes, has used a brain implant to ask his caregivers for a beer.

Brain-Computer Interface, Medical Technology, Neuroscience, Disability

3 points by coolcoder613 112 days ago | 3 comments

Ask HN: Should I disclose my disability when applying for jobs? (ycombinator.com)
I have a mental disability. It affected my career in the past but since getting diagnosed and treated for it a few years ago my career has improved significantly and I have been able to put in consistent work.

Careers, Mental Health, Disability, Employment

23 points by annie_muss 150 days ago | 12 comments

Teach yourself to echolocate (2018) (atlasobscura.com)
After losing his vision as an infant, Kish taught himself to move around with the help of echolocation.

Blindness, Echolocation, Disability, Personal Stories, Human Abilities

247 points by Anon84 160 days ago | 75 comments

The cochlear implant question (aeon.co)
As the hearing parent of a deaf baby, I’m confronted with an agonising decision: should I give her an implant to help her hear?

Parenting, Disability, Technology, Ethics

67 points by Tomte 162 days ago | 153 comments

Amazon Makes It Harder for Disabled Employees to Work from Home (bloomberg.com)
Amazon.com Inc. is making it harder for disabled employees to get permission to work from home, underscoring the tech giant’s determination to get its corporate workforce back to the office five days a week.

Amazon, Disability, Remote Work, Corporate Culture

283 points by belter 163 days ago | 341 comments

'An incurable romantic': The boy who lived a secret life in World of Warcraft (bbc.com)
When Mats Steen died at the age of 25 in 2014 from a degenerative muscular disease, his parents, Robert and Trude Steen, were surprised to be contacted at their home in Norway by people from all over Europe, mourning his loss.

Video Games, Obituary, Disability, Online Communities

26 points by ColinWright 178 days ago | 14 comments

Amusement park built for accessibility and free for disabled (morganswonderland.org)

Accessibility, Amusement Parks, Disability

19 points by tomcam 182 days ago | 3 comments

Seven things I wish I would not hear as an autist (superdurszlak.dev)
Among all the health conditions, diseases, disabilities and neuro-developmental challenges, it seems that Autism Spectrum Disorder is notorious for giving everybody a solid headache, no matter how they came to interact with it - as researchers, diagnosticians, autists ourselves or people who just are there around us as our family members, partners, friends or acquaintances.

Autism, Personal Experience, Disability

16 points by todsacerdoti 208 days ago | 16 comments

A Logo on a Prosthesis Is Like a Tattoo You Didn't Ask For (theatlantic.com)

Prosthetics, Design, Disability, Ethics

62 points by bookofjoe 234 days ago | 63 comments

AI could be a game changer for people with disabilities (technologyreview.com)

Artificial Intelligence, Disability, Technology

8 points by devonnull 246 days ago | 1 comments

Who is filing thousands of disability lawsuits against businesses? (wsj.com)

Lawsuits, Disability, Business

17 points by BostonFern 256 days ago | 7 comments

Looking for work after traumatic injury (ycombinator.com)