Gathering in a cyber world: Internet use of Chinese disabled people and the emergence of disability constituencies

Qu, Yuanyuan; Watson, Nick

doi:10.1080/09687599.2019.1602508

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“…One key challenge is therefore that members may not be interested in participating in advocacy activities, as their reasons for joining an organisation may be related to empowerment, information about a certain impairment or condition -or simply community (Barnes, Newman & Sullivan, 2006;Caldwell, 2011;Charlton, 1997). Another aspect concerns the increasing engagement in disability advocacy online, which has led to difficulties in recruiting new members to the traditional organisations and regrowing the membership with younger generations that more often engage online (Gelfgren, Ineland & Cocq, 2021;Qu & Watson, 2019;Trevisan & Cogburn, 2020).…”

Section: International Journal Of Disability and Social Justice 22 No...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Nothing About Us Without … Who? Disability Rights Organisations, Representation and Collaborative Governance

Bahner¹

2022

IJDSJ

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When governments invite disability rights organisations to policy deliberations, how does the slogan ‘nothing about us without us’ translate into practice? This article draws upon a study about local disability organisations and their relationship to a regional consultative citizens’ council on disability issues in Sweden. Interviews were conducted with organisations that had seats on the council, politicians and officials on the council, as well as with disability organisations without seats on the council. Results show that conceptualisations of ‘disability’ in policies that regulate deliberations not only define what type of organisations are eligible for appointment to the council, but also influence how disability organisations identify, present themselves and what issues they advocate for – leading to divisions among organisations. The findings have implications for collaborative governance structures and disability rights organisations elsewhere – problematising issues around representation, institutionalisation of inclusion and the constantly evolving concept of what counts as ‘disability’.

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Section: International Journal Of Disability and Social Justice 22 No...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Nothing About Us Without … Who? Disability Rights Organisations, Representation and Collaborative Governance

Bahner¹

2022

IJDSJ

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“…Evidence suggests that despite barriers to access, a significant number of Chinese disabled people now use the Internet regularly, for socialisation, interaction and the forming of communities (Guo, Bricout, and Huang 2005;Huang and Guo 2005). While getting a paid job is identified as a key theme in their internet use (Qu and Watson 2019), only a few studies have addressed digital work or entrepreneurship on the part of disabled people (Lin, Zhang, and Yang 2019;Liu, Ding, and Gu 2016). The relationship between work and disability in digital China remains a largely unexplored topic.…”

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Is the internet the game changer? Disabled people and digital work in China

2020

Disability & Society

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Is the internet the game changer? Disabled people and digital work in ChinaABSTRACT：The marginalisation of disabled people in paid employment has been a longstanding issue. This article examines whether the recent proliferation of information and communication technologies (ICTs) can change the employment challenges for disabled people. It focuses on China, where digitalisation has happened almost simultaneously with industrialisation, and where a special disability employment trajectory is developing. Based on an exploratory study of the economic activities of Chinese disabled people, the article presents three types of digital work, in which physical labour, social relations and ICTs-related knowledge are commodified. These types of work are in general loosely organised, self-managed and unprotected. They have both empowering and debilitating effects. The article thus argues that the personal use of the Internet is just an entry point to disability employment, and it will be more effective if combined with policy interventions and broader structural changes.

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“…(Wang, Wu, Yuan, Xiong, & Liu, 2017). The disabled even use the Internet to create active constituencies and develop online activism to empower the disabled population (Qu & Watson, 2019). However, studies also show that policy support for the development of information accessibility for disabled people is still insufficient, which worsens the digital divide and employment inequalities for people with disabilities.…”

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Social Media as a Disguise and an Aid: Disabled Women in the Cyber Workforce in China

Zheng

Pei

Gao

2020

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Existing literature shows that people living with physical impairment are systematically disadvantaged in the workforce and their voices are often silenced. With a perspective of intersectionality, this article looks into how disabled women suffer from multiple forms of discrimination and how social media may emerge as a tool of empowerment for them in both the workforce and their everyday lives. Drawing on five cases of Chinese disabled women in the cyber workforce, the study finds that the booming Internet economy enables more disabled women to financially support themselves. Social media appears as a cover for these women to disguise their disability identity and get more job opportunities. It serves as an aid in many cases to allow these women to increase social participation, to project their voice, and to form alliances. The risks and challenges that disabled women often encounter in the cyber workforce are also discussed.

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Gathering in a cyber world: Internet use of Chinese disabled people and the emergence of disability constituencies

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Cited by 12 publications

References 37 publications

Nothing About Us Without … Who? Disability Rights Organisations, Representation and Collaborative Governance

Nothing About Us Without … Who? Disability Rights Organisations, Representation and Collaborative Governance

Is the internet the game changer? Disabled people and digital work in China

Social Media as a Disguise and an Aid: Disabled Women in the Cyber Workforce in China

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