Gregory's ServerAbleism is tech bros ignoring disabled people unless they can use us as a gimmick to show how their AI bullshit will save us.
Reminds me of what Liz Jackson talks about "disability dongles" stuff that doesn't make disabled people's lives better but just serves to make people seem altruistic – saviourism as advertisment.
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I saw an interview with the guy who runs ChatGPT and it's like hearing from Elon Musk all over again.  @nickcolley we should limit the amout of wealth a single person can amass. At some point, let's say 25 Million €/$, everything will be taxed at 100% and an award titled "I made it, I'm a rich-ass motherfucker" personally signed by the country's minister of finance will be handed out as a token of appreciation for from now on, contributing so much (financially) to the tax system.  @nickcolley @eliasp  @eliasp @nickcolley OMG, yes. I had the same thought a while ago. @nickcolley There's an expression in Danish, "Hat Lady Charity" - the kind extended by ladies in fancy hats to make themselves feel & look good, regardless whether it's actually helpful to anyone or not. |
What we need is to humanise disabled people in tech because these situations come about when people see disabled people as the consumer, the receivers of help, to be saved with no agency.
Try looking at your workplace, do disabled people work there in the proportion that they exist in the population (20+%?).
Are disabled people in all levels of seniority? Are they paid fairly? Do they stick around the same amount of time as non-disabled people.
We live in a time where fundamental basic workers rights are revolutionary because the main thing that needs to change is how we think about disabled people.
What we need is to humanise disabled people in tech because these situations come about when people see disabled people as the consumer, the receivers of help, to be saved with no agency.
Try looking at your workplace, do disabled people work there in the proportion that they exist in the population (20+%?).
Are disabled people in all levels of seniority? Are they paid fairly? Do they stick around the same amount of time as non-disabled people.