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Deaf Led AI Governance October 29, 2026

Who Pays the Deaf Checker?

On 26 October, Meleia Michels, the Title VI and ADA coordinator for the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, wrote…

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Deaf Led AI Governance October 29, 2026

Not No, Not Yet: What the FAA Said About the AI Signer at CVG

Three days ago I wrote that one complaint got an airport to take its AI signer down. That…

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Deaf Led AI Governance October 29, 2026

More Compute, Same Question: Rylo, NVIDIA, and Whose Signing Gets Scaled

The rule behind every relay call I have used relay services for years, and there is a promise…

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Lived Experience October 29, 2026

Three Conditions, No Clock: What Minnesota State Services for the Blind’s Self-Employment Rule Requires, and What Happens Instead

The quiz On October 23, 2026, I spent an hour on Zoom with my vocational rehabilitation counselor at…

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Deaf Led AI Governance October 29, 2026

Twice the Risk: Tanzania’s Deaf Patients and the AI Pitch That Scarcity Invites

“As if I was not a human being” Marietha Jonas is 24 and runs her own business in…

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Deaf Led AI Governance October 28, 2026

The Rules Came First: New Zealand’s Sign Language Board Tells AI Who Decides

A warning on Sunday The story ran on Te Ao Māori News, the news service of Whakaata Māori,…

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Deaf Led AI Governance October 28, 2026

Human Review, Optional: Deaf AI and the Airport Sign Language Pitch

The announcement you cannot hear I am DeafBlind, and I know the airport moment by heart. The gate…

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AI Governance & Digital Risk October 28, 2026

The Guidance Is Gone but the Statute Is Not: AI, Disability, and Employment Decisions After the January 2025 Withdrawals

A video interview with no captions The complainant is known in the filings as D.K. She is Deaf…

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Deaf Led AI Governance October 28, 2026

Consulted, Then Ghosted: How AI Made the Expert Optional

The pattern It usually starts well. Two or three people find each other early, before there is a…

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