Disability and technology : an interdisciplinary and international approach /: an interdisciplinary and international approach. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Alan Roulstone.
• Authors: Roulstone, Alan, 1962-
• Contents: Introduction.- Part I. Disability and Technology in Context.- Chapter 1. Between Bodies, Artefacts and Theories: Theorising Disability, Theorising Technology.- Chapter 2. I Am Not Sure We've Been Introduced? Disability Meets Technology.- Part II. Understanding Disability, Understanding Technology.- Chapter 3. Employing Technology to Good Effect: Technology, Disability and the 'Palace'.- Chapter 4. Disability, Ageing and Technology: They Think That By Throwing a Pendant Alarm at You It EqualsIndependence.- Chapter 5. The Wheelchair: Enabled or Disabled? Houston, We've Had a Problem.- Chapter 6. To Augment or Not Augment? That is the Question: From Cochlear Implants to Exoskeletons.- Final Reflection.
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (249 pages)
• Subjects: 362.4048; Social sciences; People with disabilities; Technology; Social Science -- Sociology of Religion; Social Science -- Media Studies; Philosophy -- Reference; Religious groups: social & cultural aspects; Sociology; Philosophy; Media studies; Philosophy; Communication; Social Science -- Sociology -- General
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137450425
• Related ISBNs: 9781137450418
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.