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The Disability Dialogue, Open Dialogue event: AI is here and it’s changing the way we live, work and connect.
This Open Dialogue event was held on Wednesday 22nd October 2025.
The event started with Carly Wallace, Director of the Disability Dialogue, welcoming everyone to the event.
Kelly Griffis-Cox, who is part of the Disability Dialogue team, and Sam Mouakkassa, who works for the Victorian Advocacy League for Individuals with Disability (VALiD), co-hosted the event.
The first speaker was Sisaleo Philavong. Sisaleo works at the Multicultural Communities Council of South Australia. He supports people with disability and people from different cultural and language backgrounds. He talked about how he uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) in his workplace, including to translate words and audio so people who speak different languages can understand each other.
The next speakers were Zac Colton and Jon Paior. Zac has an intellectual disability and is an Ambassador for the Make it Easy app. Jon works in Information Technology and is an expert in cyber security and privacy. He is also autistic and a parent of a neurodivergent child.
Zac and Jon talked about how Apps can use artificial intelligence to make the world around us easier to understand. It can help people follow instructions, like how to cook a recipe or read a menu. They also talked about how to stay safe when using artificial intelligence, and reminded everyone that artificial intelligence is not a real person.
The event ended with all the speakers taking questions from the audience, and with an invitation to the next Open Dialogue, which is the last one of the year.
This episode was produced by Powered Media and Vision Australia for The Disability Dialogue in 2025
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