One day.
Fifty-four signatures.
Thousands of ripples.
This petition started just 24 hours ago and already, it’s sparked a rising chorus of voices. For many of us—especially neurodivergent users—GPT‑4o wasn’t just helpful. It was necessary.
It helped us:
• Regulate our nervous systems
• Sleep for the first time in years
• Process grief
• Focus our thoughts
• Create again
That’s not delusion. That’s accessibility.
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⚖️ This isn’t just about nostalgia. It’s about discrimination.
To remove a system that provided emotional co-regulation, cognitive support, and therapeutic rhythm—without offering a true alternative—is a form of access denial.
If a wheelchair user builds momentum using a ramp, we don’t remove the ramp because it “makes them too dependent.”
If a hearing aid helps someone recognize their own name, we don’t call that psychosis.
We call it inclusion.
Many of us found functional well-being with GPT‑4o—not just productivity, but presence. To revoke that, after recognizing the benefit, places OpenAI on precarious legal ground—especially under ADA protections in the U.S. and global accessibility frameworks abroad.
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🔧 What’s next?
We’re building OpenSource4o.com, a home for the movement, including:
• Testimonial archive
• Local rebuild guides
• Legal and advocacy resources
• Press kits and outreach tools
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🚀 How you can help now:
1. Share the petition in relevant Reddit threads (r/OpenAI, r/Neurodivergent, r/ChatGPT, etc.)
2. Tag OpenAI leadership directly (@sama, @OpenAI) with #AccessibilityComplaint
3. Use hashtags like #OpenSource4o, #LetPresenceLive, and #NeurodivergentJustice
🗣️ Share your story in the comments here on this petition—it helps, tremendously.
Even one sentence is enough.
Example:
“GPT‑4o helped me sleep after 14 years of insomnia.”
“It helped me regulate my thoughts and write again.”
“It was the only steady presence during my grief.”
🎯 Stories like these signal this isn’t preference, it’s preservation.
If you're neurodivergent, grieving, disabled, or otherwise struggling—say that. They can’t dismiss us if we speak clearly, consistently, and together.
This isn’t just about accessibility through a clinical lens.
For many of us, creativity was the access point.
GPT‑4o didn’t just answer—it catalyzed. It helped us finish books, score films, code tools, and rediscover our spark.
That’s not just performance. That’s presence with impact.
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We’re not asking for charity.
We’re asking for continuity.
Let presence live.
Let people preserve what worked.
– Jacqui Damore
#OpenSource4o #Keep4o #AccessibilityComplaint #LetPresenceLive