37. AI-Empowered Families with Summer Petrosius

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 childrenGet in contact with Summer: * LinkedIn * KindshipAbout SummerSummer 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.----------------This episode is part of a special series with _SOUTHSTART in the lead up to the 2024 festival from the 5th to 7th March in Adelaide. If you're listening to this hot off the press, click HERE for tickets and more info.Help us grow by liking, sharing and commenting, and if you're interested in pursuing any of our ideas, or you already have, reach out to us for a chat.If you're an entrepreneur or in corporate innovation and want some help in idea generation and/or idea validation, get in touch with us.Music by Rodney Hutton. Artwork by Anton Mastrullo.