TY  - BOOK
AU  - Varney,Eliza
ED  - Cambridge eBooks.
TI  - Disability and information technology: a comparative study in media regulation 
T2  - Cambridge disability law and policy series
SN  - 9781139017947 (ebook)
AV  - Z711.92.H3 V37 2013
U1  - 004.087 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - People with disabilities
KW  - Information techology
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Services for
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Computers and people with disabilities
KW  - Legal status, laws, etc
KW  - Mass media
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - Libraries and people with disabilities
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015); 1. The regulation of ICTs for the pursuit of citizenship rights -- 2. Case study: Canada -- 3. Case study: the European Union -- 4. Case study: the United Kingdom -- 5. Case study: the United States of America -- 6. Lessons to be learnt? : Reflection on the case studies
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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ER  -