Accessible technology and the developing world /
"Most research on information and communications technology (ICT) accessibility and innovation for persons with disabilities, whether in the fields of law, tech, or development, has focused on developed regions ("Global North") rather than developing parts of the world ("Global S...
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Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2021.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Global and regional perspectives. Development for all : how human rights break down barriers to technology / Marianne Schulze
- Addressing the drivers of digital technology for disability-inclusive development / Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo and Deepti Samant Raja
- Global trends for accessible technologies in the developing world : an analysis of the results of the digital accessibility rights evaluation index / H.E. Luis Gallegos, Martin Gould, and Alex Leblois
- Digital accessibility innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean / Francesca Cesa Bianchi
- Digital accessibility in the Asia-Pacific region / Nirmita Narasimhan
- The role of technical standards in improving digital accessibility in under-resourced regions and communities / Judy Brewer and Shadi Abou-Zahra
- Digital inclusion in the Global South : work globally, act locally / Betsy Beaumon
- Digital accessibility and intersectional discrimination / G. Anthony Giannoumis and Rannveig A. Skjerve
- Legal frameworks, design approaches, and applications. The relevance of the CRPD and the Marrakesh Treaty to the Global South's book famine / Paul Harpur and Michael Ashley Stein
- The patent system, assistive technologies, and the developing world / Amy L. Landers
- Accessible ICT as a ray of hope for disability rights in Pakistan / Marva Khan, Muhammad Atif Sheikh, and Abia Akram
- Design approaches for creating person-centered, context sensitive, and sustainable assistive technology with the Global South / Mario Andrés Chavarria and Klaus Schönenberger, Anthony Mugeere and Samia Hurst and Minerva Rivas Velarde
- Ludic design for accessibility in the Global South / Manohar Swaminathan and Joyojeet Pal
- A multi-country comparison of ICT and educational accessibility for blind students / Sachin Pavithran and Maria Hernandez Legorreta
- Ride-hailing as accessible transit : a case study of blind users in India / Vaishnav Kameswaran and Joyojeet Pal
- The role of Ugandan public universities in promoting accessible information and communications technology / Patrick Ojok
- Accessible mobile banking in India / Raja Kushalnagar.