Techno-solutionism

“techno-solutionism,” the simplification of complex societal problems into apps and algorithms. Ed-Tech’s Inequalities “Technological solutionism” is the related tendency to identify simple answers — in all domains, not just the tech sector — “before the questions have been fully asked” or the problems fully articulated. Take, for example: “the Internet has changed everything about how […]

Ask Disabled People What They Want. It’s Not Always Technology.

While our lives are deeply entangled with technologies of all kinds, disabled people are almost never included in discussions about technology.

Technoableism

Technoableism is a belief in the power of technology that considers the elimination of disability a good thing, something we should strive for. It’s a classic form of ableism—bias against disabled people, bias in favor of nondisabled ways of life. Technoableism is the use of technologies to reassert those biases, often under the guise of empowerment.

Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who... book by Ashley Shew

Buy a cheap copy of Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who... book by Ashley Shew. When bioethicist and professor Ashley Shew became a self-described hard-of-hearing chemobrained amputee with Crohn's disease and tinnitus, there was no returning... Free Shipping on all orders over $20.