A parent figure kneels down next to a child who is holding an iPad, which is connected by a wire to a larger iPad. The two figures are surrounded by toys, as if in a child’s room.
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

We thought technology would mediate between my disabled son and an ableist world. We got endless bureaucracy instead.

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