[Air-L] Internet access and accessibility for people with disabilities

[cyngordon at aol.com]

Hello,
Regarding the discussion on internet access for people with disabilities: You might also be interested in the work of Najma Al Zidjaly. Her case-study research lends insight into the relationship between the uses of the internet (and computers more generally) and empowerment in discourse for people with disabilities.
Cynthia Gordon, Syracuse University

Al Zidjaly, Najma. (2010). Intertextuality and Constructing Islamic Identities Online.
In Rotimi Taiwo (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Discourse Behavior and Digital Communication: Language Structures and Social Interaction (191-204).
New York: IGI Global.

Al Zidjaly, Najma (2011). Can Art Lead to Social Change? A Mediated Multimodal Inquiry.
Multimodal Communication, 1 (1): 65-81

Al Zidjaly, Najma (2011). Managing Social Exclusion through Technology: An Example
of Art as Mediated Action. Disability Studies Quarterly. Retrieved from http://dsq- sds.org/article/view/1716.