Implications of developments in machine learning for people with cognitive disabilities
Clayton Lewis · ACM SIGACCESS Accessibility and Computing · 2020
Machine learning is the process of training a computer program to reproduce and generalize the relationship between some kind of input and some kind of output. High profile successes for machine learning are attracting interest and investment. Can this technology be applied in ways that benefit people with cognitive disabilities and those who support them? What are the current limitations in the technology that affect these applications, and what are the prospects for overcoming them? What actions can maximize the benefits for people with cognitive disabilities?