My name is Bailey R. Gwyn. I am a disabled researcher and systems developer currently unhoused while waiting on a long-delayed disability determination. For most of my life, I’ve been navigating two parallel battles: managing serious health conditions and surviving systems that were supposed to protect me but repeatedly failed to do so.

I live with rare connective tissue and neurological conditions, and I also have Hyperthymesia — a rare neurocognitive trait that allows me to remember most days of my life in vivid detail. When you’ve endured years of medical neglect, exclusion, and dismissal, that level of memory can be heavy. But it has also become my strength: a way to recognize patterns, document truth, and build systems that don’t forget the people they serve.

Despite my health and housing instability, I have continued to work. Out of these conditions, I built Audia — a privacy-first, accessibility-focused AI system designed to be ethical, transparent, and human-centered. Audia is not a hypothetical idea. It exists, functions, and continues to develop when I have the resources to do so. My work and documentation are publicly available at baileygwyn.xyz.

I’m also responsible for the care of my Service Dog and other animals, who have been my constant companions through illness, housing instability, and isolation. Their well-being depends entirely on my ability to remain stable.

Supporting me during this period also ensures I can continue to provide food, basic veterinary care, and safety for them while I navigate disability and housing systems.

At this moment, I am not asking for funding to launch a company or scale a product. I am asking for temporary support to meet basic survival needs while I wait on disability approval — so that this work, and I, do not disappear due to systemic delay.

I am seeking to raise $10,000 to cover essential needs during this gap, including:

• Food and basic living expenses

• Transportation to appointments, libraries, and workspaces

• Phone and internet access required for disability, housing, and work

• Device maintenance and software access

• Preventing further housing instability

This support allows me to remain stable enough to continue documenting, building, and contributing — rather than losing everything while waiting on systems that move slowly but determine survival.

Even in these conditions, I have poured my health, memory, and determination into building something meant to protect others from the kinds of erasure and harm I’ve experienced. Audia reflects a belief that technology should serve people with care, dignity, and accountability — especially those most often ignored.

If you believe disabled people deserve stability while they wait on broken systems, and that ethical, accessible technology should be built by those who understand exclusion firsthand, I hope you’ll consider supporting me.

Every contribution helps bridge a gap I did not create — and keeps this work alive.

Thank you for reading, for sharing, and for standing with me.