“My disability is my superpower,” says Alex, the protagonist of Roxanne Varzi’s Death in a Nutshell. … Varzi [UC Irvine anthropology professor], who shares anecdotes about realizing being dyslexic quite later in life and nurturing her son, who is diagnosed with ADHD, does so with ease and whimsy, inviting participants to take part in the discourse and discusses making a shift of ideas about disability from deficit to strength. These ideas serve as a gateway to addressing certain concerns of mine. How should AI be used? How do we address disability? How do we live with it? What can we do as a community?

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