AE Adam
Web accessibility: a digital divide for disabled people?
Adam, AE; Kreps, DGP
Authors
DGP Kreps
Contributors
E Trauth
Editor
D Howcroft
Editor
T Butler
Editor
B Fitzgerald
Editor
J DeGross
Editor
Abstract
The focus of this paper is Web accessibility for disabled people. Much of the Web remains inaccessible or difficult to access by people across a spectrum of disabilities and this may have serious implications for the potential use of the Web for increasing social inclusion. The topic of disabled Web access is introduced through a consideration of four discourses: digital divide, social construction of disability, legal, and Web accessibility. The lack of dialogue between these permits a passive liberal approach toward disability discrimination to prevail and this political position has become inscribed in widely used automatic software tools resulting in a reinforcement of the view that Web site accessibility approval may, in many cases, be deemed an empty shell.
Citation
Adam, A., & Kreps, D. (2006). Web accessibility: a digital divide for disabled people?. In E. Trauth, D. Howcroft, T. Butler, B. Fitzgerald, & J. DeGross (Eds.), Social inclusion: societal and organizational implications for information systems (217-228). Boston: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-34588-4_15
Publication Date | Jun 15, 2006 |
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Deposit Date | Mar 12, 2009 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 12, 2009 |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 217-228 |
Series Title | IFIP International Federation for Information Processing |
Book Title | Social inclusion: societal and organizational implications for information systems |
ISBN | 9780387345871 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-34588-4_15 |
Publisher URL | http://www.springerlink.com/content/x835p22217q3t143/ |
Related Public URLs | http://www.springerlink.com/home/main.mpx |
Additional Information | Additional Information : The original publication is available at http://www.springerlink.com. IFIP TC8 WG8.2 International Working Conference, July 12–15, 2006, Limerick, Ireland |
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