Disability Advocacy for Self-Driving Cars with Henry Claypool

Innovation For All - Diversity in Tech and Business

In this episode you will learn:

• About the immense diversity of need within the disability community
• How ride share services can either be beneficial or challenging depending on different disabilities
• Examples of both simple and highly extensive modifications to vehicles that accommodate physical disabilities
• How certain populations with disabilities could benefit from autonomous vehicles
• What types of mechanical challenges for people with disabilities could be the same even in an autonomous vehicle
• How disability advocates are working with automotive manufactures to be more inclusive in the early stages of vehicle development
• How echolocation could be a model for the blind community to locate their car
• How ride sharing will fundamentally shift the automotive market to accommodate disabilities
• How we can build better data sets around people with disabilities

Links and mentions:

• Hans Wiberg, Founder of Be My Eyes
• Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)
• Haben Girma

Connect with Henry:

• LinkedIn