Disability and Technology: An Interdisciplinary and International Approach

Name: Disability and Technology: An Interdisciplinary and International Approach
Brand: Palgrave Macmillan UK
SKU: 9781137450418
Price: 107.99 USD
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Roulstone, Alan

This book brings together formally disparate literatures and debates on disability and technology in a way that captures the complex interplay between the two. Drawing on disability studies, technology studies and clinical studies, the book argues that interdisciplinary insights together provide a more nuanced and less stylized picture of the benefits and barriers in disability and technology.

Drawing on a breadth of empirical studies from across the globe, a picture emerges of the complex and multi-directional interplay of technology and disability. Technology is neither inherently enabling or disabling but fundamentally shaped by the social dynamics that shape their design, use and impact.