(dis)Ability

(dis)Ability 

Disability And Voice Recognition Systems

May 26, 2021May 28, 2021 johndabell 0 Comments Automatic Speech Recognition, British Gas, interactive voice response systems (IVRs), speech impairment, speech intelligibility, Voice Recognition Systems

I recently tried phoning British Gas because our boiler developed a leak. I then hit a much bigger problem when

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The Ambidextrous Disadvantage

November 29, 2020November 26, 2020 johndabell 0 Comments academic, achievement, cerebral lateralisation, handedness, specific learning abilities

You’d imagine being ambidextrous would give you the edge and you’d have the whole world in your hands. Not so.

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Why ‘Special Needs’ Needs To Go

November 16, 2020November 16, 2020 johndabell 0 Comments (dis)Ability, Centre for Disability Studies (CDS), disability rights, disablism, dysphemism, emancipatory disability research, entitlement and equity, equal rights, inclusive education, Mike Oliver, Professor Colin Barnes, Richard Rieser, SEND, social model of disability, Special Needs, the sociology of disability, United Kingdom Disability History Month 2020

Do we need to slay the phrase ‘special needs’?

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(dis)Ability Health 

Living With Face Blindness

January 7, 2019December 8, 2018 johndabell 0 Comments Brad Pitt, brain, CBBC, face blindness, facial agnosia, My Life, neurology, Oliver Sacks, Prosopagnosia, super-recognisers, The Guardian

Imagine being able to see but being blind to faces. There is an unusual condition that some people are born

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Teacher Without A Tongue: Being Positive About (dis)Ability

June 7, 2018June 6, 2018 johndabell 0 Comments (dis)Ability, discrimination, diversity, equality, head and neck cancer, inclusion, Lee Ridley, tongue

Do you see being disabled positively?

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