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The “information age” is transformative for people with disabilities. Never before in modern history have the civil and human rights of people with disabilities aligned so well with fast-moving developments in communications and information technology. Without doubt, the center of the knowledge revolution is the Internet’s World Wide Web (web) which has opened up unprecedented opportunities for meaningful and active participation in democratic society; indeed, it has changed the ways in which we interact with each other and with machines.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 is helping to ensure that the physical and online worlds are inclusive of people with disabilities and their families.[28, § 12181–12189] Although there have been unparalleled developments in disability rights during the past twenty-five years, much work remains to ensure self-determination and equal opportunity in global society for people with disabilities.
This book aims to contribute to disability rights scholarship and advocacy. It builds on the ADA’s principles to articulate the right to web content equality, or the just distribution of digital knowledge, for people with cognitive disabilities defined broadly and functionally. Individuals with cognitive disabilities include those with: intellectual and developmental disabilities; acquired and traumatic brain injury, autism, learning and reading disabilities; and attention, perceptual, memory, and communication processing limitations. There are tremendous individual differences across and within these conditions that change with time and circumstance.
PETER BLANCK - Personal Name
1st Edtion
978-1-107-05180-5
NONE
Cambridge
Management
English
Cambridge University Press
2004
USA
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