Disability and the Internet : : Confronting a Digital Divide / / Paul T. Jaeger.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Jaeger, Paul T.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Disability in Society
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (225 p.)

From websites to mobile devices, cyberspace has revolutionized the lived experience of disability—frequently for better, but sometimes for worse. Paul Jaeger offers a sweeping examination of the complex and often contradictory relationships between people with disabilities and the Internet. Tracing the historical and legal evolution of the digital disability divide in the realms of education, work, social life, and culture, and also exploring avenues of policy reform and technology development, Jaeger connects individual experiences with the larger story of technology’s promise and limitations for providing equal access online.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Disability in the Internet Age -- 2 The Digital Divide: Historical and Legal Issues -- 3 Barriers to Online Access: Personal, Public, and Professional Spheres -- 4 Improving Accessibility: Technology Evaluation and Policy Reform -- 5 Identity and Advocacy: Possibilities and Impacts -- 6 Toward an Inclusive Internet -- References -- Index -- About the Book