Disability, Human Rights, and Information Technology (Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights) - Hardcover

Buch 76 von 111: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
 
9780812249231: Disability, Human Rights, and Information Technology (Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0812249232 ISBN 13: 9780812249231
Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

Disability, Human Rights, and Information Technology addresses the global issue of equal access to information and communications technology (ICT) by persons with disabilities. The right to access the same digital content at the same time and at the same cost as people without disabilities is implicit in several human rights instruments and is featured prominently in Articles 9 and 21 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The right to access ICT, moreover, invokes complementary civil and human rights issues: freedom of expression; freedom to information; political participation; civic engagement; inclusive education; the right to access the highest level of scientific and technological information; and participation in social and cultural opportunities.

Despite the ready availability and minimal cost of technology to enable people with disabilities to access ICT on an equal footing as consumers without disabilities, prevailing practice around the globe continues to result in their exclusion. Questions and complexities may also arise where technologies advance ahead of existing laws and policies, where legal norms are established but not yet implemented, or where legal rights are defined but clear technical implementations are not yet established.

At the intersection of human-computer interaction, disability rights, civil rights, human rights, international development, and public policy, the volume's contributors examine crucial yet underexplored areas, including technology access for people with cognitive impairments, public financing of information technology, accessibility and e-learning, and human rights and social inclusion.

Contributors: John Bertot, Peter Blanck, Judy Brewer, Joyram Chakraborty, Tim Elder, Jim Fruchterman, G. Anthony Giannoumis, Paul Jaeger, Sanjay Jain, Deborah Kaplan, Raja Kushalnagar, Jonathan Lazar, Fredric I. Lederer, Janet E. Lord, Ravi Malhotra, Jorge Manhique, Mirriam Nthenge, Joyojeet Pal, Megan A. Rusciano, David Sloan, Michael Ashley Stein, Brian Wentz, Marco Winckler, Mary J. Ziegler.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Jonathan Lazar is Professor of Information Studies and Associate Director of the Trace Research and Development Center at the University of Maryland. He is author of numerous books, including Ensuring Digital Accessibility Through Process and Policy and Research Methods in Human-Computer Interaction. Michael Ashley Stein is Cofounder and Executive Director of the Harvard Law School Project on Disability, Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School, and Extraordinary Professor at University of Pretoria Faculty of Law, Centre for Human Rights.

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Verlag
University of Pennsylvania Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2017
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0812249232
ISBN 13 
9780812249231
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
345
Herausgeber
Lazar Jonathan, Stein Michael Ashley
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