Disability, Human Rights, and Information Technology / / ed. by Jonathan Lazar, Michael Ashley Stein.

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• MitwirkendeR: Bertot, John Carlo,; Blanck, Peter,; Brewer, Judy,; Chakraborty, Joyram,; Elder, Timothy,; Fruchterman, Jim,; Gallegos, H. E. Ambassador Luis,; Giannoumis, G. Anthony,; Jaeger, Paul T.,; Jain, Sanjay S.,; Kaplan, Deborah,; Kushalnagar, Raja,; Lazar, Jonathan,; Lederer, Fredric I.,; Lord, Janet E.,; Malhotra, Ravi,; Manhique, Jorge,; Nthenge, Mirriam,; Pal, Joyojeet,; Rusciano, Megan A.,; Sloan, David,; Stein, Michael Ashley,; Wentz, Brian,; Winckler, Marco,; Ziegler, Mary J.,
• HerausgeberIn: Lazar, Jonathan,; Stein, Michael Ashley,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (360 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part I. Participation and Inclusion -- Chapter 1. Standards Bodies, Access to Information Technology, and Human Rights -- Chapter 2. Accessible ICTs and the Opening of Political Space for Persons with Disabilities -- Chapter 3. Web Accessibility for People with Cognitive Disabilities: A Legal Right? -- Chapter 4. The Intersection of Human Rights, Social Justice, the Internet, and Accessibility in Libraries: Access, Education, and Inclusion -- Part II. Government and Governance -- Chapter 5. Public Financing of Information Technology and Human Rights for People with Disabilities -- Chapter 6. Using Provincial Laws to Drive a National Agenda: Connecting Human Rights and Disability Rights Laws -- Chapter 7. Access to Justice -- Chapter 8. Open Government and Digital Accessibility -- Part III. Specific Applications and Technologies -- Chapter 9. E- Books and Human Rights -- Chapter 10. Accessibility and Online Learning -- Chapter 11. Who Owns Captioning? -- Chapter 12. Information Privacy and Security as a Human Right for People with Disabilities -- Chapter 13. How Does Inaccessible Gaming Lead to Social Exclusion? -- Part IV. International Development -- Chapter 14. The Pivot Model of Policy Entrepreneurship: An Application of European Ideas in the Global South -- Chapter 15. G. Anthony Giannoumis, Mirriam Nthenge, and Jorge Manhique -- Chapter 16. ICT Access, Disability Human Rights, and Social Inclusion in India -- Notes -- Contributors -- Index