TY  - BOOK
AU  - Varney,Eliza
TI  - Disability and information technology : a comparative study in media regulation
T2  - Cambridge disability law and policy series
SN  - 9780521191616 (hardback)
U1  - 004.77 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York
PB  - Cambridge Uniersity Press
KW  - People with disabilities
KW  - Regulation of ICTS
KW  - European Union
KW  - Computers and people with disabilities
KW  - Mass Media
KW  - Libraries and people with disabilities
N2  - "Disability and Information Technology examines the extent to which regulatory frameworks for information and communication technologies (ICTs) safeguard the rights of persons with disabilities as citizenship rights. It adopts a comparative approach focused on four case studies: Canada, the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States. It focuses on the tension between social and economic values in the regulation of ICTs and calls for a regulatory approach based on a framework of principles that reflects citizenship values. The analysis identifies challenges encountered in the jurisdictions examined and points toward the rights-based approach advanced by the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as a benchmark in protecting the rights of persons with disabilities to have equal access to information. The research draws on a wealth of resources, including legislation, cases, interviews, consultation documents and responses from organisations representing persons with disabilities"--
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