**12. AI and differently abled**

AI empowers the differently abled. The disability could be physical, restricting the access or mental, restricting the cognition. Smart devices provide support in the activities of daily living. Assistance to the disabled is showing promise. The AI is stepping into help communication and cognition. Assistive technologies are showing lot of promise and a positive outlook for the differently abled. AI is into the diagnosis of cognitive disabilities like autism and such disorders. However, there are issues that need consideration and scope for improvement [75–77]. ABIDE (Autism Brain Imaging Data Exchange) is one of the AI projects for Autism and it helps the diagnostic evaluation to be less time consuming, more efficient, and accurate. It even identifies certain phenotypes that respond better for therapeutic interventions [78].
