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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Disability in SocietyPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resource (225 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781626371910
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.4/0483 22
LOC classification:
  • HV1569.5 .J34 2012
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources:
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
Summary: 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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781626371910

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

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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