The Question of Access
Title | The Question of Access PDF eBook |
Author | Tanya Titchkosky |
Publisher | University of Toronto Press |
Pages | 201 |
Release | 2011-01-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 144261000X |
1 Introduction: Accessas an Act of Perception. 2 'Who?': DisabilityIdentity and the Question of Belonging. 3 'What?': RepresentingDisability. 4 'Where?': To Pee or Not to Pee. 5 'When? Not Yet': TheAbsent Presence of Disability in Contemporary University Life. 6 Towards a Politics of Wonder inDisability Studies.
The Question of Access
Title | The Question of Access PDF eBook |
Author | Tanya Titchkosky |
Publisher | University of Toronto Press |
Pages | 201 |
Release | 2011-09-10 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1442662662 |
Values such as ‘access’ and ‘inclusion’ are unquestioned in the contemporary educational landscape. But many methods of addressing these issues — installing signs, ramps, and accessible washrooms — frame disability only as a problem to be ‘fixed.’ The Question of Access investigates the social meanings of access in contemporary university life from the perspective of Cultural Disability Studies. Through narratives of struggle and analyses of policy and everyday practices, Tanya Titchkosky shows how interpretations of access reproduce conceptions of who belongs, where and when. Titchkosky examines how the bureaucratization of access issues has affected understandings of our lives together in social space. Representing ‘access’ as a beginning point for how disability can be rethought, rather than as a mere synonym for justice, The Question of Access allows readers to critically question their own implicit conceptions of disability, non-disability, and access.
The Promise of Access
Title | The Promise of Access PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel Greene |
Publisher | MIT Press |
Pages | 269 |
Release | 2021-04-06 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 0262542331 |
Why simple technological solutions to complex social issues continue to appeal to politicians and professionals who should (and often do) know better. Why do we keep trying to solve poverty with technology? What makes us feel that we need to learn to code--or else? In The Promise of Access, Daniel Greene argues that the problem of poverty became a problem of technology in order to manage the contradictions of a changing economy. Greene shows how the digital divide emerged as a policy problem and why simple technological solutions to complex social issues continue to appeal to politicians and professionals who should (and often do) know better.
Academic Ableism
Title | Academic Ableism PDF eBook |
Author | Jay Dolmage |
Publisher | University of Michigan Press |
Pages | 255 |
Release | 2017-11-22 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 047205371X |
Places notions of disability at the center of higher education and argues that inclusiveness allows for a better education for everyone
Leopold III and the Belgian Royal Question
Title | Leopold III and the Belgian Royal Question PDF eBook |
Author | E. Ramón Arango |
Publisher | JHU Press |
Pages | 212 |
Release | 2020-02-03 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1421434687 |
Originally published in 1963. Between 1945 and 1951, Belgium faced a crisis in political leadership when its ruling monarch, King Leopold III, was accused of violating the Belgian Constitution during World War II. The "question" at hand refers to the uncertainty over whether King Leopold III could return to Belgium as king. Leopold III and the Belgian Royal Question documents the history of this political crisis, culminating with the abdication of King Leopold and the assumption of the crown by Baudouin, Leopold's son.
Just Ask
Title | Just Ask PDF eBook |
Author | Shawn Lawton Henry |
Publisher | Lulu.com |
Pages | 202 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 1430319526 |
* Improve your websites, software, hardware, and consumer products to make them more useful to more people in more situations. * Develop effective accessibility solutions efficiently. Learn: * The basics of including accessibility in design projects: - Shortcuts for involving people with disabilities in your project. - Tips for comfortable interaction with people with disabilities. * Details on accessibility in each phase of the user-centered design process (UCD): - Examples of including accessibility in user group profiles, personas, and scenarios. - Guidance on evaluating for accessibility through heuristic evaluation, design walkthroughs, and screening techniques. - Thorough coverage of planning, preparing for, conducting, analyzing, and reporting effective usability tests with participants with disabilities. - Questions to include in your recruiting screener. - Checklist for usability testing with participants with disabilities. Online at www.uiAccess.com/justask
The Fullness of Free Time
Title | The Fullness of Free Time PDF eBook |
Author | Conor M. Kelly |
Publisher | Georgetown University Press |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 2020-10-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1647120144 |
An ethical framework and vision of free time for social good—and how to achieve it. In the work-centric culture of today’s world, it is easy to view free time as indulging laziness or extravagance.Conor M. Kelly, however, argues that free time possesses enormous potential for good if exercised in accordance with theological ethics. By examining pursuits such as television, digital media use, sports, and travel from the perspective of Catholic solidarity, Kelly demonstrates how individuals can choose new free time activities or restructure current pursuits to be more relational and socially conscious. The first book to use the Catholic theological tradition to explore the importance of free time, The Fullness of Free Time addresses a crucial topic in the ethics of everyday life, providing a useful framework for scholars and students of moral theology, philosophy, and political theory, as well as anyone hoping to make their free time more meaningful.