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Deaf Led AI Governance October 12, 2026

The Check Is Still Not There

Four days after NCG published “The Sign Said Something Else,” a second recording surfaced from the same airport,…

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AI Governance & Digital Risk October 12, 2026

The Exemption Is a Query: Who Actually Decides Minnesota’s Medicaid Work Requirement

On January 1, 2027, Minnesota’s Medical Assistance program begins requiring some adults to prove they work. The day…

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Deaf-Led AI Assurance October 9, 2026

Five Cents a Sign: Inside GoSign.AI’s Data Supply Chain, the Company’s Answers, and the Terms That Haven’t Changed

12 October 2026 · Heather M. Grizzle, Novara Consulting Group · SLAT governance record, with GoSign.AI’s response An…

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Deaf-Led AI Assurance October 8, 2026

Kara Technologies: The Pilot Is Governed, the Product Is Not Yet

In the middle of June 2026, passengers on Auckland’s East West Line who opened the Auckland Transport app…

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Deaf Led AI Governance October 8, 2026

The Record Belongs to the Signer: A Reply to Jeff Panasuik

In brief Jeff Panasuik’s “The Second Language Condition” argues that Google DeepMind’s SL2T removed gloss but kept the…

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Deaf-Led AI Assurance October 8, 2026

Silence Speaks: Built for the Moment of Access, Not Yet for the Moment of Failure

7 October 2026 · Heather M. Grizzle, Novara Consulting Group · Working record, pending Silence Speaks’ response A…

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Deaf Led AI Governance October 8, 2026

The Sign Said Something Else

At CVG, an AI signer told Deaf travelers the wrong time and the wrong train. Everyone else on…

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Lived Experience October 8, 2026

The Sky I Don’t See

The ceiling The cabinet door gets me every time. Someone in the kitchen leaves it open, I turn…

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Deaf Education- NDEDI October 8, 2026

Who Will Publish the Numbers? Deaf Education Data After the Education Department’s Deal With HHS

Every state file in the National Deaf Education Data Index starts in the same place: a school district’s…

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