Against Technoableism
Rethinking Who Needs Improvement
$16.96
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
14 August 2024
Summary
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 to “normal.” Suddenly well-meaning people called her an “inspiration” while grocery shopping or viewed her as a needy recipient of technological wizardry. Most disabled people don’t want what the abled assume they want-nor are they generally asked. Almost everyone will experience disability at some point in their lives, yet the abl…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781324076254 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1324076259 |
| Author: | Ashley Shew |
| Publisher: | WW Norton & Co |
| Imprint: | WW Norton & Co |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 14 August 2024 |
| Weight: | 148g |
| Dimensions: | 10mm x 137mm x 211mm |
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Critics Review
“In this series of short, wonderfully lucid essays, [Shew] argues that technoableism—the popular depiction of tech as a wholesale cure for disability—does real damage by positioning the disabled body as fundamentally broken.” – Andrew LeLand - The New York Times Book Review
“Shew helps readers recognize how deeply [tropes] are ingrained in public conversations about disability.… Against Technoableism contains many lessons.” – Leslie Bernsten
Ashley Shew
Ashley Shew is an associate professor of science, technology, and society at Virginia Tech, and specializes in disability studies and technology ethics. Her books include Against Technoableism, Animal Constructions, and Technological Knowledge and Spaces for the Future (coedited). She lives in Blacksburg, Virginia.
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