Congratulations on your MSc defense Zahra!

A huge congratulations to Zahra Ahmadi on successfully defending her Master’s thesis!

Zahra’s research produced comprehensive and systematic evidence that most research into new AI tools for people with disabilities is sadly not evaluated with the communities it is designed to help, and importantly, that this is leading to unidentified risks and failures that can cause harm. Further, she proposed TACTIC, a well-defined best-practice process to carry out inclusive and accessible research & development, in partnership with relevant communities. The hope is that by following TACTIC, research can better focus on real barriers experienced by people with disabilities, and that many of the harms can be avoided by empowering people to understand risks and failures associated with assistive technology better.

Superb work! Well done!