Internet accessibility and disability policy: lessons for digital inclusion and equality from Australia

Autor: Gerard Goggin, Scott Hollier, Wayne Hawkins
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Internet Policy Review, Vol Volume 6, Iss Issue 1 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2197-6775
DOI: 10.14763/2017.1.452
Popis: In the fifth decade of the internet, accessibility for all, especially those with disabilities, is central to digital inclusion. Yet internationally, the score card on internet and accessibility remains mixed, at best; and woefully inadequate, at worst. Via an Australian case study, we argue that it is imperative to better understand how internet technology interacts with the life worlds and dynamics of disability, and we suggest how policy can be articulated and improved to put people with disabilities on an equal basis to others in digital societies.
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