[Air-L] looking for theories about people with disabilities inclusion through technologies

[Alper, Meryl]

Hi Harel,

I have lots of possible suggestions, but to start from a historical angle (including corporate history), I would strongly suggest Elizabeth Petrick's book "Making Computers Accessible: Disability Rights and Digital Technology" (https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/title/making-computers-accessible).

And while it's a separate medium, the history of web accessibility as corporate practice also intersects with the development of TV closed captioning, for which Greg Downey's book "Closed Captioning: Subtitling, Stenography, and the Digital Convergence of Text with Television" is great: https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/title/closed-captioning

Best,
Meryl


On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 11:18 AM Harel Chait <harel at chait.info<mailto:harel at chait.info>> wrote:
   Dear all,

   I am Harel Chait, a PhD student at the Business School, Bar Ilan
   University.

   In the past I have studied web accessibility from the social rights,
   standards, and design perspective but am now turning to business and
   economic motivations to further the field.

   I would like to research the field of web accessibility for people with
   disabilities and am looking for articles which include theories related
   to the corporate need to make their websites accessible for people with
   disabilities. Most of the theories I found are focused on the social
   rights, independence and personalization for people with disabilities,
   but I would like to understand the basics of inclusiveness for people
   with disabilities through technologies for the business sector. The
   laws are relevant at this time, but legal aside, if I am a business
   owner what theories might explain motivation to invest in making my
   websites/apps etc accessible for people with disabilities?
   What could you please suggest me to look for and which theory articles
   might help me?
   Thanks.
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Harel Chait
Web Accessibility Expert (International Association of Accessibility Professiona
ls "IAAP" Member)
PhD Candidate i
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Meryl Alper
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication Studies
Northeastern University
Holmes 217
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BOOK: Giving Voice: Mobile Communication, Disability, and Inequality (MIT Press<https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/giving-voice>, 2017)
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