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AI and Access to Justice

Neurodivergent advocacy through transparency, comprehension, and endurance.

Purpose

The legal system was not designed for sensory overload, ambiguous language, or executive dysfunction. For autistic and other neurodivergent individuals, even basic participation—reading filings, tracking deadlines, understanding procedure—can become inaccessible without translation and support. Artificial intelligence, when used ethically, becomes a form of assistive technology: a tool to navigate complexity rather than a weapon to enforce it.

This archive exists to model how generative and analytical AI can help restore access to the courts for people who process information differently. It is not about outsourcing judgment—it is about enabling comprehension.

Transparency and Trust

Transparency is the first accommodation. Every AI process used in this archive—summarization, pattern recognition, or data organization—is documented, reproducible, and open to review. The goal is not to hide behind algorithms but to show the work: to make each transformation visible, so that truth can be traced rather than assumed.

Inaccessible bureaucracy thrives on confusion. By contrast, responsible AI clarifies the record—it helps an unrepresented or disabled litigant see the same information an attorney or clerk would, without shame or gatekeeping.

AI as an Accessibility Aid

For neurodivergent people, AI can assist where human-designed systems fail:

  • Language simplification: translating dense legal writing into plain, comprehensible text.
  • Executive function support: tracking filings, deadlines, and procedural steps without overwhelming the user.
  • Context retention: helping a person maintain continuity across multiple hearings, motions, or judges.
  • Pattern recognition: identifying inconsistencies or missing documents that may signal systemic error or misconduct.
  • Record navigation: making vast archives searchable and emotionally tolerable to engage with.

Removing Shame from Assistance

There is no shame in needing tools that translate institutional language into human language. Using AI as an accommodation is no different than using a screen reader or captioning—it is a right, not a privilege. Autistic self-advocates and disabled litigants should never be made to feel inferior for needing structure, organization, or clarity provided through digital assistance.

In courts that still resist modernization, these tools can equalize—not advantage—those historically left out of their own defense. The ethical use of AI in accessibility is not a shortcut to understanding; it is a lifeline to participation.

Future Applications

As this project evolves, its AI-driven accessibility framework will expand to:

  • Provide open-source templates for court filings written in accessible formats.
  • Offer automated yet transparent citation tracing for public legal documents.
  • Model how accessibility-driven AI tools can be validated and accepted by judicial institutions.

The ultimate goal is structural transparency: a system where no one is excluded from justice simply because the interface to reach it was designed without them in mind.