37. AI-Empowered Families with Summer Petrosius

Idea Overflow

Summer Petrosius shares her journey towards Kindship and AI-powered Barb, including how being diagnosed with autism at age 30 has been both a pro and a con at times.
We discuss the $38bn Australian health & disability sector, including how AI could help modernise prevalent paper-based systems, and an AI-powered social story generator to support communication and behaviour regulation, particularly for children.
(18:32) Idea #1 - Opportunities in the paper-based health & disability sector
(24:25) Idea #2 - AI-powered social story generator to support communication and behaviour regulation, particularly for children
Get in contact with Summer:
* LinkedIn
* Kindship
About Summer
Summer is a passionate social entrepreneur and qualified speech pathologist with over ten years of experience in the health and disability sector. Summer is motivated by community-led systems change, peer support, and empowered parental advocacy.
Summer is CEO and co-founder of Barb by Kindship, an AI-powered NDIS navigator designed to add support and reduce stress for families living with disabilities.
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Music by Rodney Hutton. Artwork by Anton Mastrullo.

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1. 37. AI-Empowered Families with Summer Petrosius (00:00:00)

2. Idea #1 - Opportunities in the paper-based health & disability sector (00:18:32)

3. Idea #2 - AI-powered social story generator to support communication and behaviour regulation, particularly for children (00:24:25)