Technology and Disability in the Developing World

This project, sponsored by the Change and Technology & Social Change (TASCHA) groups at the University of Washington, Seattle with funding and support from AccessComputing and Disability Studies, examines issues around technology and disability in the developing world. While there has been significant work on accessibility issues from multiple disciplinary perspectives in recent decades, there has been little published work in academia from the perspective of economic, social, and strucural conditions in the developing world. Following the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, issues surrounding the expansion of access to participation, employability, spatial access, and visibility in the developing world are particularly important from multiple perspectives. Our goal is to use this space for a multi-stakeholder discussion including people from policy, practice, and scholarship, bringing a variety of technological, economic, and theoretical perspectives to the table.

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Video Proceedings of the First Workshop on Technology and Disability in the Developing World

(All videos have English language captioning)

 

Welcome and Vision Discussion (video)

Session 1: Social and Economic Issues

  1. Becky Matter, Disability Studies, UW “Landscape of Technology and Disability in the Developing world” (video)
  2. Philip Neff, Jackson School of International Studies, UW “Socio-economic issues in expanding access to the disabled in Latin America: Evidence from Ecuador, Venezuela, Mexico, and Guatemala” (video)
  3. Michele Friedner, Anthropology, UC Berkeley, “Medical Anthropology perspectives on Technology and Disability” (video)

Session 1 Q&A (video)

Session 2: Technological Issues

  1. Chandrika Jayant, CSE, UW “An Introduction to the Landscape of PC and Mobile Technology for Disabled People in Developing Countries” (video)
  2. Richard Ladner, CSE, UW “Deaf Technology in the Developing World” (video)
  3. Sangyun Hanh, CSE, UW “Low cost and Open Source Tools for the Blind: State of Technology and Ways Ahead” (video)
  4. Susumu Harada, CSE, “Speech Technology: An overview for low-cost settings” (video)
  5. Yeongchi Wu, MD, “Low-cost prosthetics technology” (video)

Session 2 Q&A (video)

Session 3: Design and Technology Issues

  1. Michele Frix, CIS, UW “Common technical failures in low-resource envorinments – examples from field research in Latin America” (vide0)
  2. Jacob Wobbrock, iSchool, UW ” Ability-based Design: Concept, Principles, and Examples.” (vide0)
  3. Katherine Deibel, CSE, “[Assistive] Technology Adoption and Abandonment (video)
  4. Victor Tsaran, Yahoo, “Accessible Web services for the blind: ethnographic evidence from research in 7 countries” (video)
  5. Shaun Kane, Intel Research Seattle / UW ” Supporting independent navigation using commodity mobile phones” (video)
  6. Ken Endo, MIT, “Developing World Prosthetics: Challenges in prosthetic/orthotic technologies” (video)

Session 3 Q&A (video)

Session 4: Policy Issues

  1. Rahul Cherian, InclusivePlanet “Internationalizing a Legal Framework for Services for the Disabled” (video)
  2. Laura Ruby/James Thurston, Microsoft, ” ICT Accessibility: Global Challenges & Opportunities” (video)
  3. Pamela Molina, POETA, Organization of American States ” ICTs as facilitators of social and labor inclusion for people with disabilities ” (video)

Session 4 Q&A and wrap-up (video)

For the full abstracts of the workshop click here .

 

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