Disability Advocacy for Self-Driving Cars with Henry Claypool
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
Links and mentions:
- Hans Wiberg, Founder of Be My Eyes
- Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)
- Haben Girma
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