Mya Bolds

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Mya Bolds is an emerging scholar whose research sits at the critical intersection of artificial intelligence, robotics, and disability justice, with a particular focus on autism and neurodivergence. Her work challenges the assumptions embedded in human-like AI systems — robots and chatbots — interrogating how definitions of "humanness" encoded into these technologies can perpetuate harm against communities already marginalized by scientific research. In her most cited work, "Are Robots Ready to Deliver Autism Inclusion?" (2024, 23 citations), Bolds delivers a sharp critical review of robotics in autism contexts, exposing how dehumanization, infantilization, and masculinization of autistic people persist even within ostensibly progressive technological research. Her follow-up contribution, "'I Hadn't Thought About That'" (2025, 4 citations), extends this critique by bringing the voices of AI creators themselves into conversation with ethics and neurodivergence — a methodologically novel approach that bridges design practice and disability advocacy. Though early in her career, Bolds has already established herself as a vital critical voice in human-robot interaction scholarship, pushing the field toward more equitable, justice-centered frameworks. Her work is essential reading for researchers, technologists, and students navigating the ethical frontiers of AI development.