Nowoczesne technologie i niepełnosprawność – między obietnicą emancypacji a wykluczeniem
Modern Technologies and Disability – Between the Promise of Empowerment and the Risk of Exclusion

Author(s): Grzegorz Całek, Zbigniew Głąb, Jakub Niedbalski, Joanna Sztobryn-Giercuszkiewicz, Dorota Żuchowska-Skiba
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: disability; inclusion; social barriers; technologies; universal design
Summary/Abstract: In the era of rapid digital technology development, the issue of accessibility and inclusion is gaining particular importance. Technological solutions, though theoretically neutral, can in practice reinforce existing social divisions—unless they are designed in a consciously inclusive way. On the one hand, these technologies offer new opportunities for independence, participation, and education for people with disabilities. On the other, if they ignore the needs of these users, they become yet another source of barriers. This calls for a deeper reflection on the role and significance of modern technologies in relation to people with disabilities. This chapter serves as an introduction to the monograph, in which individual chapters discuss various aspects of technological and social inclusion.

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