Accessibility Considerations in the Development of an AI Action Plan
Abstract
We argue that there is a need for Accessibility to be represented in several important domains: - Capitalize on the new capabilities AI provides - Support for open source development of AI, which can allow disabled and disability focused professionals to contribute, including - Development of Accessibility Apps which help realise the promise of AI in accessibility domains - Open Source Model Development and Validation to ensure that accessibility concerns are addressed in these algorithms - Data Augmentation to include accessibility in data sets used to train models - Accessible Interfaces that allow disabled people to use any AI app, and to validate its outputs - Dedicated Functionality and Libraries that can make it easy to integrate AI support into a variety of settings and apps. - Data security and privacy and privacy risks including data collected by AI based accessibility technologies; and the possibility of disability disclosure. - Disability-specific AI risks and biases including both direct bias (during AI use by the disabled person) and indirect bias (when AI is used by someone else on data relating to a disabled person).
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@article{arxiv.2503.14522,
title = {Accessibility Considerations in the Development of an AI Action Plan},
author = {Jennifer Mankoff and Janice Light and James Coughlan and Christian Vogler and Abraham Glasser and Gregg Vanderheiden and Laura Rice},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.14522},
year = {2025}
}