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Human-Computer Interaction/Accessibility/Disability. Sr Research Scientist @Google Responsible AI. Prev @cmuhcii 🍎 @hcdeUW @MSFTResearch. Views mine.

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RT @faustina_hwang: The #assets2024 conference on computers and accessibility is offering scholarships for free registration to attend onli….
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RT @faustina_hwang: Seeking Student Volunteers for @sigaccess ASSETS'24! Closing date: July 31st. More details at .
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Cynthia Bennett (she) πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ¦―
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A super useful thread!.
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Want to know how to write better alt text for complex figures, visualizations, and tables?. Some links to get you started:. (short, 3-post thread).
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Cynthia Bennett (she) πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ¦―
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Read @A11yKelly β€˜s project on disability representation in AI-generated images here:
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as a neurodivergent artist, I really appreciated this project from Kelly Avery Mack, @qadrida, @cephaloponderer, @shaunkane, and @clb5590, involving the disabled community in evaluating the current (horrifying) state of Text-to-Image model ableism + considerations for the future.
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Cynthia Bennett (she) πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ¦―
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RT @Lauren_Race: Nonvisual Drawing Club (Holiday Edition) is this Saturday from 2:30-4:30 pm, led by @clb5590! Please bring a holiday touch….
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RT @FrankElavsky: Heading to ASSETS in New York? Well the amazing folks at the NY Public Library are putting on a 2-day accessible tech con….
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RT @GarrethTigwell: We are running an online workshop at ASSETS 2023 focused on tackling the lack of a practical guide in disability-center….
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RT @sugandha_here: SXSW β€œCrossing my fingers and hoping for your vote! I've submitted my speaking idea for #SXSWEDU 2024. Help me make it t….
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Cynthia Bennett (she) πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ¦―
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RT @KatiePennick: barbie’s wheelchair vs my actual wheelchair: a critical comparison. aka the best twitter thread i will ever post. strap i….
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I absolutely can’t wait to read @quailty β€˜s The Country of the Blind! I had all the emotions remembering my own adjustment to blindness training 11 years ago (gasp) from laughing to tearing up reading this excerpt.
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Cynthia Bennett (she) πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ¦―
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RT @perhaxis: Such a rich and nuanced conversation between @_louhicky and @clb5590 on access work, and the regressiveness of automated tool….
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RT @_louhicky: "Sometimes providing access becomes an act of curating other people's experiences, which is antithetical to the spirit of ac….
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RT @_louhicky: New work! a brilliant conversation with @clb5590 on "Access Work: Laboring with Non-Innocent Authorization" in @interactions….
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From @ChanceyFleet β€œgraphics and images, the assumption that they will be experienced visually is implicit in the language we use. … visual arts, visual aids, & data visualizations; we conflate the world of images w/the sense of vision as perception.”.
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RT @ChanceyFleet: Hey @netflix β€” love to see @SFdirewolf on Human Resources. HATE to hear the audio description track call her "wheelchai….
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Cynthia Bennett (she) πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ¦―
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RT @shaunkane: I'm really proud of this work - investigating how generative models may negatively represent people with disabilities, and h….
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Cynthia Bennett (she) πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ¦―
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So excited for this #FAccT2023 work on disability-centered perspectives of LLM’s by @VinithaGadiraju @shaunkane @sunipa17 @alxndrt @justaturbo @cephaloponderer @_rnbrewer
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