Algorithmic Discrimination

The systematic disadvantaging of specific groups through the operation of AI-driven systems, whether intentional or emergent. For people with disabilities, algorithmic discrimination occurs across many domains: employment (AI hiring tools screening out disabled applicants), social services (benefit allocation algorithms making arbitrary decisions), education (grade prediction systems assigning lower scores to disabled students), content platforms (moderation systems suppressing disability-related content), and financial services (fraud detection systems flagging disability-related behaviors). Algorithmic discrimination against disabled people is particularly insidious because disability data is often invisible in training sets.