Why Is Disability Missing From the Discourse on Diversity? - Diversity in Academe September 25, 2011 Randy Lyhus for The Chronicle Enlarge Image By Lennard J. Davis It has been more than 20 years since the Americans With Disabilities Act took effect, but while the law has changed some things in higher education, it hasn't changed the way academic culture regards people with disabilities. ProfHacker Welcome to the latest installment of “Accessibility in a Digital Age,” a roundup of links to information about creating and using digital resources that are accessible to all people. In a thought-provoking essay, Lennard Davis asks “Why Is Disability Missing From the Discourse on Diversity?,” a question we would do well to consider as we remain mindful of the various ways the digital divide can affect various people. We Connect Now is a relatively new grassroots organization “dedicated to uniting college students with disabilities in access to higher education and employment issues.” The United States National Council on Disability has produced a substantial report entitled The Power of Digital Inclusion: Technology’s Impact on Employment and Opportunities for People with Disabilities, available for download. Kelli Shaver, of Mashable, tells us about “7 Tech Breakthroughs That Empower People With Disabilities.” From Yahoo! Google Apple How about you? Return to Top
TASH | Equity, Opportunity and Inclusion for People with Disabilities Kat's Cafe - Where Special Needs Connections are Made | Parenting special needs | special needs writing | special needs expressions | & so much more ADAPT: Welcome to ADAPT! Disability benefit reforms: 'It's about more than the cuts, and more than the Paralympics' | Society Sophie ChristiansenParalympian, British equestrian team, gold medal winner I do think attitudes towards disabled people have changed for the better since the Paralympics, but now, with the whole "benefit scroungers" thing and the further away we get from the Games, the more negativity is creeping in. There's a gap between the way people view Paralympians and other disabled people. I'm trying to bridge that gap, because the public need to realise just how disability affects day-to-day life. Paralympians are not superhuman – they are normal people with the same challenges; challenges which should be highlighted. Kaliya FranklinSocial media activist and blogger at Benefit Scrounging Scum One of the good things about the current protest movement is that different groups and people are all doing what they do extremely well. The personal independence payment (PIP) is going to come in to replace disability living allowance, the WCA [fitness-to-work test] is not going to go away.