My name is Owen Dybvig. I’m a disabled writer, musician, and advocate living in Vermont. I communicate using an AAC device with knee scanning. Every message I send takes effort, time, and a lot of intention.

AI isn’t a hobby for me. It’s my voice. It’s how I write my stories, talk to people, run my projects, and express the parts of myself that the world doesn’t always get to see.

So when OpenAI released ChatGPT Atlas as Mac-only, it hit me harder than I expected.

I don’t use a Mac. I can’t use a Mac. My AAC setup, my adaptive tools, my entire communication system — everything I rely on to speak — exists on Windows. I can’t just switch platforms. My body doesn’t work that way. My independence doesn’t work that way.

That means right now, I can’t use Atlas at all.

It’s difficult to watch a tool that could help me communicate more easily, work more independently, and express myself more fully — and know it’s simply not available to me because I’m disabled and use accessible tech.

I don’t want special treatment. I’m just asking not to be left out.

Disabled people rely on Windows because that’s where our tools live:
• our AAC software
• our switch-access devices
• our eye-tracking systems
• our adaptive keyboards
• our custom setups built over years

These aren’t preferences. They’re survival tools.

I’m asking OpenAI to please release ChatGPT Atlas for Windows as soon as possible, and to include accessibility from the beginning — not after the fact.

I want to be part of the future of AI. I want to use the same tools everyone else gets to use. I want my voice to matter as much as anyone else’s.

If you believe disabled people deserve equal access to technology, please sign and share this petition.

Thank you for supporting my voice.