Teleworking and the "Disability Divide"

2010 ◽  
pp. 155-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
John C. Bricout ◽  
Paul M.A. Baker ◽  
Andrew C. Ward ◽  
Nathan W. Moon
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Policy Options ◽  
Missed Opportunities ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Barriers To Access ◽  
Reasonable Accommodations ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Simple Exclusion ◽  
The Impact

Much of the discourse on the digital divide focuses on issues of information disparity and accessibility, frequently in socioeconomic terms. This perspective overlooks an important aspect of the digital divide, the lack of access and missed opportunities faced by persons with disabilities, referred to here as the “disability divide.” Barriers to access and knowledgeable use of information and communication technology (ICT) represent more than simple exclusion from information to encompass social segregation and devaluation. At its most insidious, barriers to ICTs limit full community engagement in employment activities. This chapter examines the ramification of the impact of digital divide on the nature of employment and participation in the workplace, using ICT to conduct telework, and explores challenges to social policy with respect to ‘reasonable’ accommodations. In the absence of practices, structures, and policies targeting the distributive work environment, telework is much less likely to close the digital divide for persons with a disability. This suggests the need to explore and develop potential policy options to close the disability divide.

Teleworking and the "Disability Divide"

2011 ◽  
pp. 2112-2134 ◽  
Author(s):  
John C. Bricout ◽  
Paul M.A. Baker ◽  
Andrew C. Ward ◽  
Nathan W. Moon
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Policy Options ◽  
Missed Opportunities ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Barriers To Access ◽  
Reasonable Accommodations ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Simple Exclusion ◽  
The Impact

Much of the discourse on the digital divide focuses on issues of information disparity and accessibility, frequently in socioeconomic terms. This perspective overlooks an important aspect of the digital divide, the lack of access and missed opportunities faced by persons with disabilities, referred to here as the “disability divide.” Barriers to access and knowledgeable use of information and communication technology (ICT) represent more than simple exclusion from information to encompass social segregation and devaluation. At its most insidious, barriers to ICTs limit full community engagement in employment activities. This chapter examines the ramification of the impact of digital divide on the nature of employment and participation in the workplace, using ICT to conduct telework, and explores challenges to social policy with respect to ‘reasonable’ accommodations. In the absence of practices, structures, and policies targeting the distributive work environment, telework is much less likely to close the digital divide for persons with a disability. This suggests the need to explore and develop potential policy options to close the disability divide.

scholarly journals Uso de las redes sociales y la brecha digital en el tejido asociativo inmigrante de España

2020 ◽  
pp. 263
Author(s):  
Jenny Carolina Tovar Parra ◽  
Javier Ernesto Torralba Vásquez
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
Redes Sociales ◽  
Daily Work ◽  
The World ◽  
Nuevas Tecnologías ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Impact

Resumen: Son innumerables las investigaciones que se han realizado en el mundo sobre los efectos y beneficios de las nuevas tecnologías versus población y la ciudad digital en sus análisis y conclusiones consideran que existe una nueva problemática en el mundo a la que se le denominó “brecha digital”. Sin embargo, no se han realizado investigaciones acerca del efecto que tienen las nuevas tecnologías de información y comunicación TICS sobre el tejido asociativo inmigrante de Argelia, Bulgaria, Colombia, Ecuador, Mali, Marruecos, Rumania y Senegal en España. El objetivo principal de esta investigación es determinar la incidencia de las nuevas tecnologías de la información y la comunicación en el tejido asociativo inmigrante en España, así como conocer el uso de éstas en el quehacer cotidiano de las asociaciones y sus implicaciones para las mismas, partiendo de una metodología no experimental, comparativa, descriptiva y de etnografía virtual. En sus conclusiones queda claro que la brecha digital afecta las asociaciones a partir de la diferenciación entre las que tienen acceso a internet, los conocimientos para el acceso y cuentan con contenidos de calidad, de las asociaciones que no.   Palabras clave: Tecnologías de la información, Redes Sociales, Migración.   Abstract: Countless researches have been done in the world on the effects and benefits of the new technologies of information and communication ICT versus population and the digital city in its analysis and conclusions consider that there is a new problematic in the world called "digital divide". However, there are not conducted researches about the effects that ICT has had on the immigrant associations network of Algeria, Bulgaria, Colombia, Ecuador, Mali, Morocco, Romania, and Senegal in Spain. The main objective of this article is to analyze the impact of new information and communication technologies on the immigrant network in Spain, as well as knowing the use of them in the daily work and their implications for them based, starting from a non-experimental, comparative, descriptive and virtual ethnography methodology. In its conclusions is clear that the digital divide affects these associations from the differentiation between those with internet access, the skills to access and the quality on the contents, from those without internet access   Key words: Information Technologies, Social Networks, Migration.

scholarly journals The impact of Internet use on mental wellbeing and health behaviours among persons with disability

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
K Szulc ◽  
M Duplaga
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Health Behaviours ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Suicidal Thoughts ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background Disability is frequently related to the digital divide. However, the Internet may be also an opportunity for many people with disabilities, especially for those who suffer from difficulties in involving in social activities. For some of them, it is also a tool for undertaking professional tasks. The aim of the study was the assessment of the impact of the Internet on selected aspects of psychological wellbeing and undertaking health behaviours in persons with disabilities. Methods From the data set of the biannual Social Diagnosis survey, data of respondents confirming the status of disability were extracted. They were used for the development of multivariate logistic regression models for self-assessment of life, the prevalence of suicidal thoughts, feeling lonely, the use of psychological support and health behaviours. The impact of Internet usage was adjusted for sociodemographic variables. Weights provided by the study team were used in the analysis. Results The responses from 3231 respondents were used in the analysis. There were 33.1% of Internet users in the study group. Respondents with a mild disability made 25.3%, with moderate 39.4%, with severe 24.2%, and without an established degree of disability 11.1%. Logistic regression modelling revealed that Internet users more frequently assessed their lives as happy (odds ratio, 95% confidence interval (OR, 95%CI): 1.40, 1.13-1.75) and undertook some form of physical activity (2.32, 1.84-2.91). They also less frequently excessively consumed alcohol (0.51, 0.33-0.80). No relation was found for experiencing loneliness (0.89, 0.71-1.12), suicidal thoughts (0.998, 0.77-1.29), receiving psychological care (0.84, 0.62-1.14) and smoking (0.83, 0.66-1.04). Conclusions Although persons with disabilities suffer from digital divide, Internet use may exert a beneficial impact on their wellbeing and favour more beneficial health behaviours. Key messages Internet access and use among persons with disabilities may be an opportunity for improved wellbeing. Persons with disabilities who are Internet users assess their lives as more happy and demonstrate more favourable health behaviours.

Mobile Phone Technology for ALL: Towards Reducing the Digital Divide

2015 ◽  
pp. 1456-1470
Author(s):  
Diane Nelson Bryen ◽  
Enid Moolman
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Mobile Phone Technology ◽  
Communication Disabilities ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Adults With Intellectual Disabilities

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) has been ratified by more than 137 countries. Among its 55 articles, access to information and communication technologies is highlighted. However, people with intellectual and communication disabilities continue to have limited access to mobile phone technologies. This article describes the potential of mobile phones for this population and what is known about its use by children and adults with intellectual disabilities as well as those with significant communication disabilities. Policy implications to reduce this digital divide will be proposed as well as needed research.

Orthopaedics and trauma of the limbs

2013 ◽  
pp. 233-267
Author(s):  
Anne Marie O’Donnell ◽  
Chris Little
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Sickness Absence ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Working Population ◽  
Rehabilitation Process ◽  
Reasonable Accommodations ◽  
Safe Work ◽  
Flexible Working ◽  
The Impact

Musculoskeletal disease (MSD) remains one of the biggest causes of disability and sickness absence in the working population. As the working population ages, this is likely to continue. The occupational practitioner’s role is to reduce the impact of these problems for both employee and employer. This requires not only knowledge of the conditions, but also an understanding of the psychosocial factors underlying sickness absence and an evidence-based approach to rehabilitation. Patients generally do not have to be completely fit to commence, remain in, or return to work, and resuming work may be part of the rehabilitation process (see Chapter 4). Reasonable accommodations under the Equality Act 2010 may help overcome barriers to work to the benefit of workers and their employers (see Chapter 2). Flexible working and well-designed work environments may help retention and facilitate useful and safe work. In this context, fitness for work is a relative concept, dependent on suitable adjustments to the work environment.

The complex digital divide: Information and communication technology amongst users of family support and foster care services

2007 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 9-16
Author(s):  
Susan Tregeagle
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Patterns Of Use ◽  
Barriers To Access ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Many

This paper presents the findings of qualitative research on the use of mobile phones and home access to the Internet amongst some Australian welfare service users. It shows that a digital divide – the exclusion of some groups from information and communication technology – goes well beyond access to hardware. Phones are often unavailable and access to the Internet is contingent on infrastructure, technical support and individual interest. Access to the Internet at home is poor and, even when available, the way in which mobile phones and the Internet are used appears deeply affected by poverty, literacy and age. These findings present challenges for those concerned about vulnerable children’s ongoing disadvantage. Welfare agencies wishing to use the potential advantages of information and communication technology with families need to address patterns of use and the many barriers to access.A glossary of ICT terms used in this article is presented at the end of the paper.

scholarly journals Bridging the Digital Divide and the Impact on Poverty in Nigeria

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 81-87
Author(s):  
B.E. Akanbi ◽  
◽  
C.A. Akanbi
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Network Capacity ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Electric Supply

This paper examined the issue of the gap in access to Information and Communication Technology(ICT) known as the digital divide and its linkages to poverty in Nigeria. The study found that the contributions of access to the use of ICTs to poverty in Nigeria has been marginal. This was also found out to be partly due to some teething problems such as poor quality of service caused primarily by network capacity constraints, lack of physical and transmission infrastructure, scarce spectrum resources, unreliable electric supply e.t.c which are still confronting ICT usage in Nigeria. Finally, a summary with some policy recommendations are presented.

scholarly journals monde sans frontières : e-migration et intern@alisation

2021 ◽  
pp. 355-377
Author(s):  
Hayet Kerras ◽  
María Dolores De Miguel Gómez
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Gender Gap ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Impact

La globalización, la innovación tecnológica y la velocidad del cambio hacen necesario adaptarse a las nuevas necesidades de cada país. Esto está condicionado por el dominio de las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación (TIC), que permiten traspasar fronteras y posibilitar la interacción entre países. En la actualidad, el fenómeno migratorio en España se ha vuelto cotidiano, y lograr la integración de estos migrantes es un desafío que condiciona el desarrollo socioeconómico, por eso comparamos en este estudio la diferencia entre la brecha digital y especialmente la brecha de género entre España y Argelia y analicemos el impacto que esta brecha digital tiene en la integración de la inmigración argelina en España, y propongamos medidas que puedan mejorar la inclusión de estas personas. Globalization, technological innovation and speed changes make the adaption to the new needs of each country necessary. This is conditioned by the mastery of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), which makes it possible to push borders back and to interact between countries. Currently, migration in Spain has become a daily phenomenon and achieving the integration of those migrants is a challenge that conditions socio-economic development. This is the reason why, in this study, we are establishing the difference in the digital divide, precisely the gender gap, between Spain and Algeria, analyzing the impact that has this digital divide on the integration of Algerian immigrants in Spain and proposing measures that can improve the inclusion of these people.

scholarly journals Barriers to Advocacy and Litigation in the Equality Courts for Persons with Disabilities

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 1963
Author(s):  
Willene Holness ◽  
Sarah Rule
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
Barriers To Access ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Front Line Workers ◽  
The Impact

The effective implementation of the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act 4 of 2000 (PEPUDA) and the fulfilment of the South African state's obligations in terms of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) are dependent on two fundamental tools, advocacy and litigation. This article discusses the outcome of three cases in the Equality Courts and how these cases promote accessibility and access to justice for persons with disabilities. The authors then consider the impact of CREATE, a KwaZulu-Natal NGO's advocacy initiatives to promote the rights of persons with disabilities and the utilisation of the Equality Court to realise those rights. Participants of ten workshops in KwaZulu-Natal identified three barriers to access to justice in accessing the Equality Courts. Firstly, some Equality Courts are geographically (and financially) inaccessible. Secondly, the negative and insensitive attitudes of front-line workers impact on the ability of persons with disabilities to bring equality claims to and access the services of the Equality Court. These barriers constitute discrimination and flout articles 9 and 13 of the CRPD, which require the provision of support for persons with disabilities to access the justice system and the promotion of accessibility to the physical environment, and the provision to them of transportation, information and other services. Thirdly, cultural norms and fears impede access to courts and the agency of persons with disabilities to bring these claims, for example the requirement that traditional leaders provide "permission" to persons with disabilities to sue and a similar requirement of permission from the in-laws of women with disabilities. The article analyses the three barriers identified as inhibiting advocacy and litigation, and explains the implication of these barriers for the state's obligations in terms of articles 5, 8, 9, 12 and 13 of the CRPD. Recommendations are made on overcoming these barriers.

Exploring Relationships Between the Consumption of Digital Books and Digital Divide

2018 ◽  
pp. 277-297
Author(s):  
Wilson Ozuem ◽  
Geoff Lancaster
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Emerging Technologies ◽  
Technological Adoption ◽  
Digital Books ◽  
Value Propositions ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Impact

Determining how notions of digital divide influence decision making for organizations is problematic, not least because the concept of digital divide itself is amorphous, evolving, and rooted in consumer and organizational awareness and their level of technological adoption. Although a considerable amount of research in information and communication technology (ICT) has been done to conceptualize how the emerging technologies reduce or complicate digital divide, no parallel research has been conducted on the impact of digital books on digital divide. Drawing on a social constructivist paradigmatic perspective, this chapter examines the dynamics of value propositions in digital books. The chapter concludes by calling for a greater and deeper understanding of digital divide, as well as further research on quantitative approaches.

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