Social Construction of Technical Aids. Personal Meaning and Interactional Effects of Disability and Assistive Devices in Everyday Life
Krantz, O.: Social Construction of Technical Aids. Personal Meaning and Interactional Effects of Disability and Assistive Devices in Everyday Life. Lund, 2009.Language: EngelskSummary: This thesis concerns the role of disability and assistive devices in everyday life among persons with, for instance, impairments related to mobility (e.g. wheelchair users) and bodily shape and configuration (e.g. dysmelia). Assistive devices are seen as both includators (assisting participation and emancipation) and excludators (limiting participation, restraining empowerment, and stigmatizing).
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