Web accessibility: a digital divide for disabled people?

Adam, AE and Kreps, DGP ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5776-2888 2006, 'Web accessibility: a digital divide for disabled people?' , in: Social inclusion: societal and organizational implications for information systems , IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, 208 , Springer, Boston, pp. 217-228.

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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.

Item Type:	Book Section
Editors:	Trauth, E, Howcroft, D, Butler, T, Fitzgerald, B and DeGross, J
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
Themes:	Subjects / Themes > H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races Subjects / Themes > Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > ZA Information resources Subjects / Themes > Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA075 Electronic computers. Computer science > QA076 Computer software Subjects outside of the University Themes
Schools:	Schools > Salford Business School > Salford Business School Research Centre
Publisher:	Springer
Refereed:	Yes
Series Name:	IFIP International Federation for Information Processing
ISBN:	9780387345871
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Depositing User:	Institutional Repository
Date Deposited:	12 Mar 2009 14:52
Last Modified:	24 Nov 2017 14:48
URI:	http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/1817

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