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Technology, Disability, and Technoableism
Prof. Amita Dhanda and Prof. Nilesh Singit · NALSAR University of Law
About
"Technology, Disability and Techno-Ableism" is a four-week course on disability, technology, accessibility, and AI. It introduces learners to concepts such as ableism, techno-ableism, assistive technologies, universal design, and accessibility. The course looks at both the possibilities and limitations of technology and the ways in which it can support access, participation, and the everyday life of persons with disabilities. Drawing from disability studies, law, and lived experience, it asks how technologies are imagined, designed, and used, and what it means to build more inclusive worlds.
Intended audience: • Learners who have completed Class XII or equivalent • Students entering technology, design, policy, law, social work, or governance • Early-career professionals seeking orientation to disability and access • No technical, legal, or medical background required
Lectures
Week 1
- Introduction and Course Overview
- Disability and ableism
- Access Design and reasonable accommodation
- Technology and Technoableism
- Experiential Expertise and Co-Designing Technology
Week 2
- The Promise of Prosthetics
- Technology for Neurodiversity
- Deafness, Deaf Culture and Cochlear Implants
- Government Schemes
- Maintenance, Insurance, and Right to Repair
Week 3
- Accessibility beyond Selective Guarantees
- Accessibility for all Disabilities
- Accessibility as a Cross Cutting Right
- Conceptualising the Right to Accessibility
- Creating an accessibility Floor
Week 4
Syllabus and materials
At NPTEL, as the course publishes them.
Credits and licence
- Institution
- NALSAR University of Law
- Department
- Multidisciplinary
- Taught by
- Prof. Amita Dhanda, Prof. Nilesh Singit
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Language
- English
- Source
- NPTEL
- Licence
- CC BY-NC-SA, as NPTEL states it. Non-commercial use only. NPTEL's terms
- Attribution
- NPTEL states: "Distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike / CC BY - NC - SA", beside a BY-NC-SA badge. Coordinated by IIT Madras.
- Who can watch
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