Disability Justice and Digital Justice

This is a foundational text from the Disability Justice movement and a must read.

Is teaching care work? A pathway to social justice? This book isn’t specifically about either education or digital accessibility but it is a raw, evocative work that dives into lived experiences of care and support within (and without) the disability community. It’s relevance here is as a foundational text on Disability Justice.

This brief paper illustrates what facets of digital accessibility are relevant for educators, and introduces the concept of  “accessible digital content literacy skills,” skills specifically related to reading, identifying, curating, and writing/creating accessible digital content.

This case study makes a unique contribution by delving into the ethics of digital accessibility testing in post-secondary education. It offers a Disability Justice informed, disabled-learner-centred model for participation that could be replicated by researchers and those involved in the development, testing and procurement of educational technology in post-secondary.