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fromLGBTQ Nation
3 days ago
LGBT

Transphobes freak out over new autistic Barbie doll because she has an app to help with "pronouns" - LGBTQ Nation

An autistic Barbie includes sensory tools and an AAC tablet with pronouns to support communication, prompting transphobic backlash over the pronouns feature.
fromScary Mommy
6 days ago
Design

Mattel Just Unveiled Their First Autistic Barbie Doll & Her Accessories Are Perfection

Mattel released its first autistic Barbie with features and accessories reflecting common autistic experiences, developed with guidance from the autistic community and ASAN.
fromLGBTQ Nation
3 days ago
LGBT

Transphobes freak out over new autistic Barbie doll because she has an app to help with "pronouns" - LGBTQ Nation

Design
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
3 days ago

Barbie's Autistic Doll Is a Design Masterclass in Inclusion - Yanko Design

Mattel released an autistic Barbie featuring intentional design choices mirroring autistic experiences: gaze, stimming articulation, sensory-friendly clothing, and adaptive communication and sensory accessories.
Science
fromNature
2 months ago

'Mind-captioning' AI decodes brain activity to turn thoughts into text

A 'mind captioning' AI decodes brain activity to generate detailed sentences describing viewed or imagined content, enabling potential communication aids for language-impaired people.
fromWIRED
3 months ago

This Startup Wants to Put Its Brain-Computer Interface in the Apple Vision Pro

Now, Cognixion is bringing its AI communication app to the Vision Pro, which Forsland says has more functionality than the purpose-built Axon-R. "The Vision Pro gives you all of your apps, the app store, everything you want to do," he says. Apple opened the door to BCI integration in May, when it announced a new protocol to allow users with severe mobility disabilities to control the iPhone, iPad, and Vision Pro without physical movement.
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