The Internalized Ableism Inventory: Scale development using a hybrid artificial intelligence and community-based participatory research design.

The sample was predominantly White and highly educated, which limits generalizability to other racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups. Participants were recruited online and self-reported their disability status without medical verification. All community partners involved in refining the scale were academic researchers, which may miss perspectives from disabled individuals outside academia. The AI training data is largely English-language and Western-centric, potentially biasing the scale's cultural relevance. The mean age of disability onset was around 12 years, so results may not apply to those with recent onset.

The study was designated exempt by the host university's institutional review board. No specific funding sources or conflicts of interest are declared in the text provided.

Do not assume this scale is ready for immediate clinical diagnosis or treatment planning. It is a research tool validated in a specific online sample that may not represent your diverse patient population, and the authors note that empirical support for interventions guided by this measure is currently limited.