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Rethinking disability in Amartya Sen’s approach: ICT and equality of opportunity

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Toboso, Mario
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	This article presents an analysis of the concept of disability in Amartya Sen’s capabilities and functionings approach in the context of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). Following a critical review of the concept of disability—from its traditional interpretation as an essentially medical concept to its later interpretation as a socially constructed category—we will introduce the concept of functional diversity. The importance of human diversity in the capabilities and functionings approach calls for incorporating this concept into the analysis of well-being and quality of life in persons with disability—aspects in which ICT currently plays a major role. When one contemplates these technologies, it becomes clear that factors such as accessibility, design for all, and user participation in development and implementation processes are key strategies in promoting equal rights and equal opportunity for persons with disability in the different environments of the information society.
Starting Page	107
Ending Page	118
Page Count	12
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13881957
Journal	Ethics and Information Technology
Volume Number	13
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	15728439
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2010-10-16
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Accessibility Amartya Sen Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities Design for all Disability Functional diversity ICT Medical model Social model Library Science Ethics Innovation/Technology Management User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction Management of Computing and Information Systems
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Library and Information Sciences Computer Science Applications

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