Quote from “Disability, Climate Change, and Environmental Violence: The Politics of Invisibility and the Horizon of Hope” by Julia Watts Belser (Disability Studies Quarterly)
.quote[Disability politics offer a vital resource for grappling with climate change…
.quote[Disability politics offer a vital resource for grappling with climate change…
[they reveal] the political stakes of diagnosis—the way power contours how, when, and to what ends we recognize human and ecological impairment.]
[they reveal] the political stakes of diagnosis—the way power contours how, when, and to what ends we recognize human and ecological impairment.]
Quote from “Disability, Climate Change, and Environmental Violence: The Politics of Invisibility and the Horizon of Hope” by Julia Watts Belser (Disability Studies Quarterly)
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# A disability-informed technology agenda for addressing the climate crisis
# A disability-informed technology agenda for addressing the climate crisis (1/10)
- Government Services & Civic Engagement
- Government Services & Civic Engagement
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and implementation of the same
and implementation of the same
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# A disability-informed technology agenda for addressing the climate crisis
# A disability-informed technology agenda for addressing the climate crisis (2/10)
- Government Services & Civic Engagement
- Government Services & Civic Engagement
- Process Accessibility
- Process Accessibility
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# Example: Disaster Response Planning
# Example: Disaster Response Planning
Decisions about who is included (e.g. disaster response plans) are often ableist -- actively de-prioritizing disabled lives
- Decisions about who is included (e.g. disaster response plans) are often ableist -- actively de-prioritizing disabled lives
- E.g. during COVID; Hurricane Katrina
- E.g. during COVID; Hurricane Katrina
- Emergency broadcasts often inaccessible (e.g. no captions; inaccessible data visualizations; no ASL interpretation; inaccessible websites)
Emergency broadcasts often inaccessible (e.g. no captions; inaccessible data visualizations; no ASL interpretation; inaccessible websites)
- Disabled people are often institutionalized (e.g. prison; hospital; “nursing homes”) and many institutions are deprioritized
- Shelters may refuse people with disabilities
Disabled people are often institutionalized (e.g. prison; hospital; “nursing homes”) and many institutions are deprioritized
Shelters may refuse people with disabilities
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# Example: Conservation
# Example: Conservation
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# Governmentality, ableism &racism
# Governmentality, Ableism &Racism (1/2)
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# Governmentality, ableism &racism
# Governmentality, Ableism &Racism (2/2)
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# A disability-informed technology agenda for addressing the climate crisis
# A disability-informed technology agenda for addressing the climate crisis (3/10)
- Government Services & Civic Engagement
- Government Services & Civic Engagement
- Accessibility must be considered in the government response to climate change. Accessibility can impact safety, civic engagement, access to services, and who is included in the democratic process
Accessibility must be considered in the government response to climate change. Accessibility can impact safety, civic engagement, access to services, and who is included in the democratic process
- Top down decisions that don’t include people multiple viewpoints can be problematic
- Give choice/agency to people many backgrounds
Top down decisions that don’t include people multiple viewpoints can be problematic
- Give responsibility for support to governmental context
Give choice/agency to people many backgrounds
Give responsibility for support to governmental context
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# A disability-informed technology agenda for addressing the climate crisis
# A disability-informed technology agenda for addressing the climate crisis (4/10)
- Government Services & Civic Engagement
- Government Services & Civic Engagement
- Education
- Education
- Source of future leaders and decision makers
Source of future leaders and decision makers
- Source of future innovators
- Strongly associated with things that can help to mitigate climate change, such as empowered family planning for women
Source of future innovators
- Also generally not designed to include people with disabilities
Strongly associated with things that can help to mitigate climate change, such as empowered family planning for women
Also generally not designed to include people with disabilities
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# A disability-informed technology agenda for addressing the climate crisis
# A disability-informed technology agenda for addressing the climate crisis (5/10)
- Government Services & Civic Engagement
- Government Services & Civic Engagement
- Education
- Education
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- Lots of improvement possible -- disabled students felt MUCH more supported during COVID [TACCESS 2022]
- Lots of improvement possible -- disabled students felt MUCH more supported during COVID [TACCESS 2022]
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# A disability-informed technology agenda for addressing the climate crisis
# A disability-informed technology agenda for addressing the climate crisis (6/10)
- Government Services & Civic Engagement
- Government Services & Civic Engagement
- Education
- Education
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- Can change the balance of power
- Can change the balance of power
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# A disability-informed technology agenda for addressing the climate crisis
# A disability-informed technology agenda for addressing the climate crisis (7/10)
- Government Services & Civic Engagement
- Government Services & Civic Engagement
- Education
- Education
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# Edigs: Estimating Utilities Based on RECS [Compass 2018]
# Edigs: Estimating Utilities From RECS
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# Existing Home Feedback Technology
# Existing Home Feedback Technology
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- Housing quality
- Housing quality
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# Other data could address intersecitonal issues
# Other data could address intersectional issues
Housing choices linked to health outcomes & disability (lead, asthma, mold, air quality, etc.)
Housing choices linked to health outcomes & disability (lead, asthma, mold, air quality, etc.)
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Noise -- impacts health/disability & comfort
Noise -- impacts health/disability & comfort
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# A disability-informed technology agenda for addressing the climate crisis
# A disability-informed technology agenda for addressing the climate crisis (8/10)
Investigating a Mobile Tool for Tracking and Supporting Green Transportation Habits [Froehlich et al, CHI 2009]
Investigating a Mobile Tool for Tracking and Supporting Green Transportation Habits [Froehlich et al, CHI 2009]
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# ubi .green[green] (2/3)
## ubigreen
Two formative studies
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# Real-time Recommendations
# Real-time Recommendations
post-study survey, “what could help you take more green trips”
- post-study survey, “what could help you take more green trips”
- Reliable transportation (76.8%)
- Reliable transportation (76.8%)
- Financial incentives (71.4%)
- Financial incentives (71.4%)
- Knowledge about alternatives (56%)
- Knowledge about alternatives (56%)
- future designs could suggest alternative forms of transit based on trip history
- recommendations could also come in form of neighborhood:
future designs could suggest alternative forms of transit based on trip history
- “42% of the people who live in your neighborhood and work in Capitol Hill take the bus.”
recommendations could also come in form of neighborhood:
- “42% of the people who live in your neighborhood and work in Capitol Hill take the bus.”
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# Potential for behavior change
# Potential for behavior change
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# But is this approach inclusive?
# But is this approach inclusive?
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Problem: Sidewalks, public transit, and businesses can decrease car use but are inaccessible to those with disabilities
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# Urban Accessibility and Mobility
# Urban Accessibility and Mobility
Problem: Sidewalks, public transit, and businesses can decrease car use but are inaccessible to those with disabilities
Sidewalks, public transit, and businesses can be inaccessible to those with disabilities. Three-fold aim [All work by Froehlich & Caspi]:
Three-fold aim [All work by Froehlich & Caspi]:
1. Develop scalable techniques to map and assess every sidewalk, transit stop, and business in the world
1. Develop scalable techniques to map and assess every sidewalk, transit stop, and business in the world
3. Create new digital tools that provide personalized routing, government accountability, and support new urban analytics.
3. Create new digital tools that provide personalized routing, government accountability, and support new urban analytics.
3. Examine geo-spatial patterns of and influences on urban accessibility, barriers and facilitators of accessible infrastructure, and socio-cultural contexts of urban access across the globe.
3. Examine geo-spatial patterns of and influences on urban accessibility, barriers and facilitators of accessible infrastructure, and socio-cultural contexts of urban access across the globe.
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# Third Spaces also not accessible [Compass 2021]
# Third Spaces also not accessible
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# A disability-informed technology agenda for addressing the climate crisis
# A disability-informed technology agenda for addressing the climate crisis (9/10)
- Government Services & Civic Engagement
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- Education
- Education
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- Who innovates matters and impacts what is made (back to education…)
- Who innovates matters and impacts what is made (back to education…)
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# Case study: Medical Making [Savage, TACCESS 22]
# Case study: Medical Making
Conflict between Community and Clinical Values in the U.S.
- Conflict between Community and Clinical Values in the U.S.
- Have seen in multiple case studies
- Have seen in multiple case studies
- Wish to help where you can, right away vs “do no harm”
- Wish to help where you can, right away vs “do no harm”
- Emphasis on doing what you can vs longitudinal support/whole case management
- Emphasis on doing what you can vs longitudinal support/whole case management
- Deeply rooted differences
- Deeply rooted differences
- One team member was threatened with COVID-infected artifacts when asking about safety
- One team member was threatened with COVID-infected artifacts when asking about safety
- Complete rift in one COVID site of study between medical making and community making
Complete rift in one COVID site of study between medical making and community making
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# Study Population:
# Study Population:
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# Key differences between U.S. and other countries
# Key differences between U.S. and other countries
Multi-stakeholder collaborations (innovators and clinicians)
- Multi-stakeholder collaborations (innovators and clinicians)
- Formal collaborations with documented guidelines
- Formal collaborations with documented guidelines
- Express support for follow up
- Express support for follow up
- Often include funding
- Often include funding
- Community engagement
Community engagement
- Families/community working and learning together
- Families/community working and learning together
- Follow up included in process
- Legal context more forgiving?
Follow up included in process
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# A disability-informed technology agenda for addressing the climate crisis (10/10)
Legal context more forgiving?
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# A disability-informed technology agenda for addressing the climate crisis
