Pixels, Plows & Prescriptions: The Future of Wellness
summary
Summarizes evidence that disability correlates with poorer health and food insecurity, citing USDA and a study showing households with one disabled adult more than double food insecurity and it triples if that adult cannot work, plus a Gilmore finding that ~33% of low-income seniors miss meals. Describes concrete tech: Higgy kiosk mixed rollout (green wheelchair button but hazardous placements), barcode billboards for mobile grocery orders, and supermarket pilots that open then close. Argues for pragmatic fixes: engage front-desk staff, co-design with communities, and measure real usage not just intent.
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chapters (43)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:00Screen Sharing
- 2:10Water
- 5:10Higgy
- 7:20Wearables
- 8:55People are being ignored
- 9:20We may be leaving behind
- 10:15Healthcare is a complex ecosystem
- 10:40Healthcare technology and players
- 11:45Helen Jacobsen
- 12:50Lisa Inouye
- 15:10Accessibility
- 17:00Poverty and disability
- 17:50Natacha Simpson
- 18:10Jeff Brown
- 19:00Andy Nathan
- 20:40Deborah Gilman
- 21:10Long steep ramp
- 21:35Accessibility as an afterthought
- 22:15Social exclusion
- 23:00Competence is not a toggle
- 23:30Focus less on constraints
- 24:10The waiting room
- 25:15Curb cut examples
- 26:10Empathy
- 26:45Michael Graves
- 27:50We need experts
- 28:55If its a snake
- 29:45Cant get up from the top
- 30:40Human survival
- 31:30Technology is not neutral
- 32:55Digital Outcast
- 33:15Pixel Pushers
- 34:50Connecting people to fundamental human needs
- 35:20Thank you Kel
- 36:50Its better
- 37:30Its not just the bad
- 38:30Carry this thought forward
- 39:30Layers of responsibility
- 40:50Solution space
- 41:50Communication
- 43:10Empathy as Exercise
- 43:55Outro
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