Watling, Sue and Crawford, Karin (2010) Digital exclusion and the social work agenda. In: HUSITA9 at the Joint World Conference on Social Work and Social Development, 10-14 June 2010, Hong Kong.

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Abstract

Issues around digital exclusion may be in their infancy but they are developing fast. The Internet has the potential to offer equity of digital access for enabling individual independence and empowerment in an increasingly digital society. However, for many users of assistive technologies, this remains a problematic scenario. Citizens, who already experience disablement through social failure to recognise difference and diversity of need, may be doubly disabled by exclusive digital policy and practice. There is an urgent need to research the implications of this exclusion for human service educators and practitioners. This paper was presented at HUSITA9 at the Joint World Conference on Social Work and Social Development in Hong Kong, June 2010.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Presentation)
Additional Information:	Issues around digital exclusion may be in their infancy but they are developing fast. The Internet has the potential to offer equity of digital access for enabling individual independence and empowerment in an increasingly digital society. However, for many users of assistive technologies, this remains a problematic scenario. Citizens, who already experience disablement through social failure to recognise difference and diversity of need, may be doubly disabled by exclusive digital policy and practice. There is an urgent need to research the implications of this exclusion for human service educators and practitioners. This paper was presented at HUSITA9 at the Joint World Conference on Social Work and Social Development in Hong Kong, June 2010.
Keywords:	Digital exclusion, social exclusion, disability, accessibility, empowerment, social work, bmjexample, bmjlink
Subjects:	L Social studies > L500 Social Work
Divisions:	College of Social Sciences > Centre for Educational Research and Development (CERD) College of Social Sciences > Faculty of Health & Social Sciences > Hull School of Health & Social Care
Depositing User:	Sue Watling
Date Deposited:	14 Mar 2011 18:04
Last Modified:	13 Mar 2013 08:57
URI:	http://eprints.lincoln.ac.uk/id/eprint/4182

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