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Disability, human rights, and information technology / edited by Jonathan Lazar and Michael Ashley Stein.

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Material type: Text

TextSeries: Pennsylvania studies in human rightsPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2017]Description: 1 online resource (xi, 345 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780812294095
0812294092

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Disability, human rights, and information technology.DDC classification:

004.087 23

LOC classification:

HM851

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EBSCOhost

Contents:

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

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

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