Accessibility Considerations in the Development of an AI Action Plan

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).

@article{mankoff2025_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 }
}