Disability, human rights, and information technology / edited by Jonathan Lazar and Michael Ashley Stein. - 1 online resource (xi, 345 pages). - Pennsylvania studies in human rights . - Pennsylvania studies in human rights. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Standards bodies, access to information technology, and human rights / Accessible ICTs and the opening of political space for persons with disabilities / Web accessibility for people with cognitive disabilities : a legal right? / Intersection of human rights, social justice, the internet, and accessibility in libraries : access, education, and inclusion / Public financing of information technology and human rights for people with disabilities / Using provincial laws to drive a national agenda : connecting human rights and disability rights laws / Access to justice / Open government and digital accessibility / E-books and human rights / Accessibility and online learning / Who owns captioning? / Information privacy and security as a human right for people with disabilities / How does inaccessible gaming lead to social exclusion? / Pivot model of policy entrepreneurship : an application of European ideas in the global South / Accessibility infrastructure and the global South / ICT access, disability human rights, and social inclusion in India / Judy Brewer -- Janet E. Lord -- Peter Blanck -- Paul T. Jaeger, Brian Wentz, and John Carlo Bertot -- Deborah Kaplan -- Ravi Malhotra and Megan A. Rusciano -- Fredric I. Lederer -- Timothy Elder -- Jim Fruchterman -- Mary J. Ziegler and David Sloan -- Raja Kushalnagar -- Jonathan Lazar, Brian Wentz, and Marco Winckler -- Joyram Chakraborty -- G. Anthony Giannoumis, Mirriam Nthenge, and Jorge Manhique -- Joyojeet Pal -- Sanjay S. Jain.

Disability, Human Rights, and Information Technology addresses the global issue of equal access to information and communications technology for persons with disabilities.


In English.

9780812294095 0812294092

10.9783/9780812294095 doi

22573/ctv2rj364 JSTOR


Information technology--Social aspects.
Computers and people with disabilities.
People with disabilities--Civil rights.
Discrimination against people with disabilities.
People with disabilities--Services for--Government policy.
Accessible Web sites for people with disabilities.
Communication devices for people with disabilities.
Assistive computer technology--Law and legislation.
Right to Internet access.
COMPUTERS--Computer Literacy.
COMPUTERS--Computer Science.
COMPUTERS--Data Processing.
COMPUTERS--Hardware--General.
COMPUTERS--Information Technology.
COMPUTERS--Machine Theory.
COMPUTERS--Reference.
Accessible Web sites for people with disabilities.
Assistive computer technology--Law and legislation.
Communication devices for people with disabilities.
Computers and people with disabilities.
Discrimination against people with disabilities.
Information technology--Social aspects.
People with disabilities--Civil rights.
People with disabilities--Services for--Government policy.
Right to Internet access.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights


Electronic books.

HM851

004.087