Blog of Dr Darryl Sellwood

Provocative, disruptive and sometimes subversive — inventor of the Bummunicator!

Category: Personal Experience

  • AI, Critical Thinking, and the Skill of Effective Prompting: A Personal Lesson

    There’s a lot of debate about AI these days. Critics point to concerns about stolen materials used in training datasets, the environmental impact of massive data centers, and fears that AI will replace human workers. I understand these concerns (they’re valid and deserve serious consideration). Nevertheless, as someone with communication disability who has benefited from…

  • From WOMADelaide to AGOSCI: A Whirlwind of Music, Advocacy, and Leadership

    The month leading up to WOMADelaide and the AGOSCI Conference was a whirlwind of activity, reminiscent of my PhD days. Balancing paper writing, conference committee work, support worker coordination, and AGOSCI Chairperson duties kept me on my toes. But as always, I embraced my motto of “Ride and Enjoy.” WOMADelaide: A Musical Feast WOMADelaide 2025…

  • My technological writing Journey

    My Writing Journey Writing has become much easier for me over the years. It seems that every decade, technological advancements have improved my ability to produce written work. As a boy in the 1970s, I used an electronic typewriter with a metal plate key guard. This key guard had holes for each key, allowing me…

  • Banning straws might be good for the planet – but bad for people with disability or swallowing problems. What is ‘eco-ableism’?

    This article originally appeared in The Conversation on the 9th of February, 2023. Written by Dr Kate Anderson, Associate Head of School, Teaching and Learning (Health, Disability & Inclusion), Deakin University, and Dr Darryl Sellwood, Research Associate, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University This month, Victoria became the latest Australian state to ban…

  • Lockdown SA 2021

    Ok. There is a lockdown in South Australia from 6:00 pm tonight. It was announced this morning. Yesterday, we heard of one elderly gentleman in the northern suburbs of Adelaide testing positive for the Delta variant of COVID-19. People were already talking and making alternative plans for the coming few days. Tonight, a group of…