U.S. House Rep. Jennifer Wexton made history in May when she used a voice assistive app to deliver a speech in support of legislation she was proposing. Rep. Wexton has progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), which makes it difficult to speak, but the technology allows her to continue to do her job in spite of her physical challenges.

While we still have much work to do to ensure equity between those of different abilities, Rep. Wexton’s use of text-to-voice technology goes a long way toward normalizing the differences in the way we communicate with each other. Maybe then we can appropriately shift the focus to what she and others are saying instead of the means through which they say it.

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