Fatou Bah (She/her)

@AppleSupport The Photos app new layout is a major cognitive accessibility challenge. Even if it can be customized, the interface is cluttered, not intuitive and requires a lot of scrolling. This makes the search experience difficult and increases cognitive load.

Merci et chapeau à la #CoalitionDimensions! Thank you to all Parliamentarians who ensured 🇨🇦 keeps its #ROI + global advantage in research + #innovation with best-in-class #InclusiveDesign. 🙌 Big ❤️to @KirstyDuncanMP the sine qua non of #DimensionsEDI! #DimensionsCoalition

#SummitForDemocracy: Horizons is happening Wednesday, June 7. Distinguished speakers representing various expressions of democracy are coming together to reflect on this year’s Summit, and share future plans for collaboration and uniting on similar objectives. Join @ppforumca & @uOttawaHRREC from 2 p.m-5 p.m. ET in person or virtual, to hear from HE Adriana Solano Laclé (@EmbajadaCRCAN), HE Lim Wongsoon (@koremb_canada), Mr. Hilary K. Lubinda (Zambia) and @PIP_PSP Intern Melanie Barosh. The panel is moderated by @anoush_ft. This is an important dialogue on how we can nurture democracy in Canada and abroad. To register in advance: ppforum.swoogo.com/SummitForDemoc…

Rejoignez-nous et @ppforumca le 7 juin pour "Sommet pour la #démocratie : Horizons". On a hâte d'apprendre de S.E. Solano (#CostaRica), S.E. Lim (#Corée), M. Lubinda (#Zambie), et Melanie Bartosh (@PIP_PSP). Inscrivez-vous: ppforum.swoogo.com/SummitForDemoc… #SommetPourLaDémocratie

SO honoured and excited to announce that I will be joining the new cohort of the Chief Science Advisor’s Youth Council ❤️ Beyond excited to work together with this amazing team!

@lina_____harper 🤣🤣🤣 I’m making this my screensaver so it can stick to my head

@jacasiegel @Fatou_Bah1 👀

Your thesis isn't done when it's perfect. Your thesis is done when you despise it.

📣 Annonce : #SHNTech2023 Nous faisons quelque chose d'un peu différent cette année : 3 jours. 3 thèmes. 3 sessions axées sur la conservation, la gestion et le partage de la recherche de manière ouverte, créative et accessible. Détails - bit.ly/SHNTech2023 ⤵️

NEW BLOG! Discover the insights and experiences gained by graduate students at the 2023 Bromley Memorial Lecture, hosted by @ISSP_uOttawa and @IISTP_GW. Read their testimonials on the ISSP blog - ow.ly/vf5t50NN403

@uOttawa @VirginieCobigo @OpenCanada @uOttawaFSS We were unfortunately not consulted for the choice of image. I share your disappointment in the image chosen to represent the article. We ask @uOttawa to take down the tweets and change the image.

@uOttawa @Fatou_Bah1 @OpenCanada @uOttawaFSS I sincerely apologize. My team and I have not been consulted for the choice of the image and we are sad an offensive image was chosen to illustrate an article that values the voices of 2 individuals who are part of your community. Please @uOttawa and @uOttawaFSS, delete the image

Last week we hosted our 2023 #Bromley Memorial Event with @IISTP_GW Thank you to @blal from @NASA for the keynote lecture on #SpacePolicy To the @uOttawa students who came to Washington with us, we hope you are left inspired as you pursue your careers in #sciencepolicy!

Very interesting news: Mozilla announces the launch of Mozilla.ai with $30 million initial funding.

On this #BudgetDay2023, a thought for democracy, too.

@KaseyNBailes @AutisticCallum_ Also c here. My brain questions everyone and everything so I’ve never been “a” and for “b” I’m only reactive if I know I have the evidence to back it up. I get quite reactive and frustrated when I know I’m right and need to accept that some are willfully stubborn

@AutisticCallum_ I used to be a) ....morphed into b) ...& now I've landed on c) I *know* I'm right from both evidence & lived experience but also realize people are cads that won't change from their fixed opinions even when presented as such, so I just save my breath & unfollow/delete them now 🤷‍♀️

Many autistic people’s first response to being told they’re wrong is to: a) 100% believe the other person is right, because they’re so used to being told they’re wrong that they don’t question it; or b) argue the point, as their righteousness instantly jumps into defence mode.

“Neurodiverse employees bring a wealth of creativity, skills and perspectives that can add immense value to any company.” @PeopleMgt reports on research showing that two thirds of #Neurodivergent employees fear discrimination at work. peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/181708…

@DrAdamJones Omg🙆🏾‍♀️! It’s mind blowing how people are still this misinformed on Autism in the day and age of Google and Social Media. It’s not that hard to do a quick search before sending an email or writing an article.

Hello to the large charity who sent me an email earlier today referring to "Asperger's" as a "superpower"

@EdKollin @VICENews You’re no morally better than those parents if you’re not going to listen to autistic people and speak over them.

@EdKollin @VICENews Lol as an autistic person yes I am worried about the language used. Non inclusive language contributes to further marginalizing us. Maybe you should prioritize listening to #ActuallyAutistic people and worry about your own performative allyship.

vice.com/en/article/pka… via @vicenews Asperger’s is an outdated term for #Autism. It was named after a Nazi doctor. It’s also not an official diagnosis. Please make the correction and employ inclusive language in the future. This is not acceptable from a major news publication.

In essence, in the majority of situations, the responsibility of overcoming The Double Empathy Problem rests solely on your shoulders, you know this to be the case, and to have a reasonable conversation you must play chess with yourself every time you plan to say something.

To bridge the gap, you must plan what you want to say, accurately preempt what they’ll read into that, and then tweak it until you have enough to help them read the right things into what you say, but not so much that they read even more into what you say and become offended.