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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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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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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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Deaf Led AI Governance October 26, 2026

I Filed One Complaint. An Airport Took Its AI Signer Down.

A train, a screen and a signer CVG is built like a lot of American hub airports. You…

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Deaf Led AI Governance October 25, 2026

The Record of What Was Said

The word that came back yellow In my own use of SL2T, some signs come back less reliably…

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