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<b>WHYY and LAMP present:</b></div>
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<b>Accessibility and Ableism in the Age of Artificial Intelligence</b></div>
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Thursday, June 4, 2026</div>
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5:30pm - 7:00pm</div>
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Library of Accessible Media for Pennsylvanians (LAMP)</div>
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1500 Spring Garden Street, Suite 230</div>
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Philadelphia, PA 19130</div>
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This event will also be live streamed for attendees who wish to join virtually. A viewing link will be sent on the day of the event to all registered participants.</div>
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To register: <a href="http://whyy.org/bridging-blocks" id="OWA3de40d88-71b5-7355-648f-bdf4bc0b7ec0" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="http://whyy.org/bridging-blocks" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" style="margin: 0px;">
whyy.org/bridging-blocks</a></div>
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Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing how</div>
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people work, learn, create, and</div>
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communicate. It is becoming part of daily life</div>
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for many Philadelphia residents, from</div>
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translating speech to text, explaining new</div>
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concepts, identifying surroundings, and even</div>
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providing customer service. It appears in all</div>
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aspects of our society, including our personal</div>
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and professional lives.</div>
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Accessibility, or the lack thereof, remains a</div>
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major concern nationally and locally.</div>
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Navigating ableism through microaggressions</div>
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or overt discrimination can be challenging for</div>
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people living with a disability.</div>
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As helpful as artificial intelligence can be, what</div>
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are some of the risks it poses? How has AI</div>
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positively and negatively impacted your own</div>
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life? What tools exist, and what are the gaps?</div>
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How do we build a city where information and</div>
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opportunity are accessible to everyone?</div>
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Bridging Blocks is a series of neighborhood</div>
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discussions aimed at bringing together culturally</div>
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and politically diverse households for civic</div>
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dialogue and understanding.</div>
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