Article Summary by Gretchen Von Koenig Security alarms, alarm clocks, baby monitors and fire alarms are everyday devices in our homes that help us wake up, feel secure and care for our families. In the history of alarm designs that are dominated by auditory-based alerting systems, stories of how alarms were hacked for deaf needs […]
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Digital Production and itDf
Editorial by Eleanor Webster Over the course of the Imagining technology for Disability futures symposium, held in Leeds in April 2024, I was often asked: “what is it you actually do?” This didn’t come as much of a surprise to me: digital producing is a nebulous title and my job is the kind that most […]
Imagining Alternative Futures with Augmentative and Alternative Communication: A Manifesto
Article Summary by Darryl Sellwood and Graham Pullin As authors who use AAC devices, we emphasize the need for disabled individuals to be directly involved in creating solutions that impact our lives. Our manifesto challenges the conventional, technology-driven future of AAC, advocating instead for social inclusion and equity. We stress the importance of interdependence […]
Podcast with Simon Dogger
Podcast with Simon Dogger The design studio of Simon Dogger focusses upon stimulating equity, connection and innovation. He is able to look further than what you can see and not only because he is blind. In cooperation with Dutch schools and universities his studio is working on design education for Visual Impaired People (VIPs). VIPs […]
Artificial Intelligence in Patient Narrative Interventions: Opportunities, Obstacles, and a Path Forward
Blog by Angelo Chen Narrative medicine interventions have demonstrated benefits in clinical practice, including improved patient-provider relationships, quality of life, and promotion of positive health outcomes. This is likely due to the emphasis on “deep and generous listening, along with patient-sensitive, inclusive care.”1 A common way to incorporate narrative medicine into clinical practice is through […]
Communicating Science through Bharatanatyam Dance
Blog by Sloka Iyengar, PhD The intentions and motivations of scientists are still misunderstood by the public. The reasons for this disconnect are complex and include scientific jargon, the third person orientation of science, and the stereotype that scientists are socially inept and isolated. However, the “doing” of science is a group process involving not […]
Why We Should Care When Doctors Suffer Moral Injury
Interview by Janina Levin In July 2024, a man known for making nature videos on a YouTube channel named Goobie and Doobie posted a video with the headline: I Was an MIT Educated Neurosurgeon Now I’m Unemployed and Alone in the Mountains How Did I Get Here? This highly personal video explains why he quit […]
Doctorate of Medicine Degrees in Ayurveda: A Temerarious Step
Blog by G. L. Krishna A recent notification in The Gazette of India: Extraordinary1 has formalised the initiative of the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine to start Doctorate of Medicine (DM) courses in ayurveda. DM courses will be introduced for six subjects: psychiatry, hepatology, oncology, orthopaedics, reproductive medicine and gerontology. They are […]
Ageing well in Hong Kong
All Shall Be Well (Ray Yeung, Hong Kong, 2024) Recently screened at the London Film Festival October 2024 Review by Khalid Ali, Film and Media correspondent The opening scenes of All Shall Be Well encapsulate several of the key contributory factors for healthy ageing. Pat (Maggie Li Lin Lin) and Angie (Patra Au Ga Man) […]
The Process of Healing from PTSD: Rebuilding and Sharing with the World
Love and Trouble (Amy Hardie, UK, 2024), premiered in Dokumentale Film Festival, Berlin October 2024. Review by Robert Abrams, Emeritus Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York. Love and Trouble, a documentary film, portrays Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as it affects two protagonists: Kenneth, after repeated wartime experiences in combat; and Kerry, after an emotionally scarring […]