S.T.O.P. is joined by Lydia X.Z. Brown, James Kilgore, and Justin Sherman for a discussion examining the development of surveillance tools utilized by medical, wellness, and health-crisis services, and the impact these tools have on individuals marginalized by systemic ableism.

People with neurodivergences and disabilities have long been subjected to surveillance, alongside other coercive “care” practices that contribute to the disproportionate criminalization and dehumanization of their communities. In this session, we will explore how these ableist practices have evolved in the digital age. We will also discuss the Disability-led movement to provide peer-to-peer, dignity-based care to vulnerable individuals in crisis as a safe alternative form of care.

The panel will be held virtually on April 26th from 5 – 6 pm EST. Moderated by S.T.O.P.’s Communications and Development Fellow, Sarah Roth. Register here.

Lydia X.Z. Brown founded and leads the Fund for Community Reparations for Autistic People of Color’s Interdependence, Survival, and Empowerment, in partnership with the Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network, where they are the Director of Policy, Advocacy, and External Affairs.

Justin Sherman is the founder and CEO of Global Cyber Strategies, a Washington, DC-based research and advisory firm; a senior fellow at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy, where he leads its data brokerage research project and lectures on cybersecurity, privacy, and technology policy; and a nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council.

James Kilgore is an activist, researcher, and writer based in Urbana, Illinois, where he has lived since paroling from prison in 2009. He is the director of the Challenging E-Carceration project at MediaJustice and the co-director of FirstFollowers Reentry Program in Champaign, Illinois.