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“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.3 Technoableism is the use of technologies to reassert those biases, often under the guise of empowerment.”
― Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement
― Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement
“Disabled people can and do have problems . . . However, many of our problems are social, structural, and practical problems that stem from the idea that disabled people are fundamentally flawed, unworthy of inclusion, broken or inadequate. That is ableist thinking.”
― Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement
― Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement
“We can never have too many reminders that anyone who lives long enough can expect disability eventually; disability is a very normal and predictable part of the human experience. There are significant social differences between those who acquire disability in old age and those of us who arrive there much younger or are born disabled. We are often pitted against one another for what is seen as limited service/funding/care, and we experience different social biases and expectations. Yet we are all part of the larger disability community, whether we like it or not.”
― Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement
― Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement
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