Ash Lingam On Photo credit: Halfpoint/iStock At the 2024 XR Access Symposium at Cornell Tech, I presented a case study examining how Crowd+AI sidewalk accessibility data might be leveraged to enhance augmented reality (AR) navigation systems for blind and low vision (BLV) users. As a civic tech contributor with Chi Hack Night, I explored the potential convergence ofContinue Reading
Ash Lingam On The 6th Annual XR Access Symposium, held at Cornell Tech on June 6-7, 2024, brought together a diverse array of experts, innovators, and advocates to explore the cutting edge of extended reality (XR) accessibility. This year’s theme, “Insights from XR Assistive Technology,” provided a compelling framework for examining the future of inclusive XR experiences. AsContinue Reading
Ash Lingam On “Semantic diffusion occurs when you have a word that is coined by a person or group, often with a pretty good definition, but then gets spread through the wider community in a way that weakens that definition. This weakening risks losing the definition entirely – and with it any usefulness to the term.” –Martin FowlerContinue Reading
Ash Lingam On The U.S. government for decades has struggled to devise programs that integrate needed services for people with severe mental illnesses. Implementation has been limited by inadequacies in the behavioral health policy framework, poorly designed payment approaches, and dysfunctional regulations. Fortunately, the Affordable Care Act has brought a number of policy changes that improve access toContinue Reading
Ash Lingam On Imagine riding an all-glass elevator to the top of a tall skyscraper, exiting to a narrow bridge projecting off the roof, and then looking down. Such a journey might evoke some level of discomfort in most of us, and for a subset of 3-5% of Americans with acrophobia, it would trigger marked to debilitating anxiety.Continue Reading
Ash Lingam On The third in a series of articles on developments in telepsychiatry. Rural communities throughout the U.S. face severe shortages of trained mental health professionals. Here are some key statistics: More than 60% of rural Americans live in mental health professional shortage areas. More than 90% of all psychiatrists and psychologists and 80% of all MSWsContinue Reading
Ash Lingam On The second in a series of articles on developments in telepsychiatry. Controlled Substances Act The Controlled Substances Act (CSA) of 1970, a key structural element of the DEA’s authority, combined existing federal drug laws and expanded their scope, changed the nature of federal drug law policies, and expanded federal law enforcement pertinent to controlled substances.Continue Reading
Ash Lingam On The first in a series of articles on developments in telepsychiatry. A Barrier to Telemedicine Adoption One barrier to the adoption of telemedicine services over the last several years has been a lack of integration within the state medical licensing system. Requirements vary by state, however, the general consensus is that a physician must beContinue Reading