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Disability Advocacy for Self-Driving Cars with Henry Claypool

Disability Advocacy for Self-Driving Cars with Henry Claypool

Update: 2020-07-15
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In this episode you will learn:

  • About the immense diversity of need within the disability community
  • How ride share services can either be beneficial or challenging depending on different disabilities
  • Examples of both simple and highly extensive modifications to vehicles that accommodate physical disabilities
  • How certain populations with disabilities could benefit from autonomous vehicles
  • What types of mechanical challenges for people with disabilities could be the same even in an autonomous vehicle
  • How disability advocates are working with automotive manufactures to be more inclusive in the early stages of vehicle development
  • How echolocation could be a model for the blind community to locate their car
  • How ride sharing will fundamentally shift the automotive market to accommodate disabilities
  • How we can build better data sets around people with disabilities

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Disability Advocacy for Self-Driving Cars with Henry Claypool

Disability Advocacy for Self-Driving Cars with Henry Claypool

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