eQuality : the struggle for web accessibility by persons with cognitive disabilities / Peter Blanck; with a foreward by David Braddock
Series: Cambridge disability law and policy seriesPublication details: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016.Description: xxxiv, 467 pagesISBN:- 9781107051805 (hardback)
- Computers and people with disabilities-United States
- Discrimination against people with disabilities-United States
- People with disabilities-United States
- People with disabilities
- Accessible Web sites for people with disabilities-United States
- Assistive computer technology-United States
- People with disabilities-United States
- 346.730 138 Q6
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346.54 Q5 Uniform civil code for India: | 346.548 705 2 Q1 Race,religion,and law in colonial India: | 346.669 Q4 Company law/ | 346.730 138 Q6 eQuality : | 346.730 163 Q2 Loving v. Virginia in a post-racial world : | 346.730 168 Q3 Courthouse democracy and minority rights: | 346.730 2 Q1 Cases and problems on contracts/ |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-462) and index.
"The Struggle for Web Accessibility by Persons with Cognitive Disabilities Never before have the civil rights of people with disabilities aligned so well with developments in information and communication technology. The center of the technology revolution is the Internet's World Wide Web, which fosters unprecedented opportunities for engagement in democratic society. The Americans with Disabilities Act likewise is helping to ensure equal participation in society by people with disabilities. Globally, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities further affirms that persons with disabilities are entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of fundamental personal freedoms. This book is about the lived struggle for disability rights, with a focus on web eQuality for people with cognitive disabilities, such as those with intellectual disabilities, autism, and print-related disabilities. The principles derived from the right to the web - freedom of speech and individual dignity - are bound to lead towards full and meaningful involvement in society for persons with cognitive and other disabilities"--
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