Remarks on disability rights legislation

Gordon, John‐Stewart; Tavera-Salyutov, Felice

doi:10.1108/edi-12-2016-0114

Cited by 11 publications

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“…It states that environments and pedagogical practices should be adapted to human diversity instead of impairments. However, Gordon and Tavera-Salyutov (2018) doubt whether a human right to inclusive education can be morally justified regarding “students with severe mental impairments” (Gordon and Tavera-Salyutov, 2018, p. 516). Others do not see segregation as morally wrong per se , albeit often conveying inequality (Köllen et al.…”

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Let us move beyond word battles and separatism: strategies and concerns regarding universal design in Sweden

Erdtman

Rassmus-Gröhn

Hedvall

2022

EDI

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PurposeUniversal design (UD) is defined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) and adopted in Sweden as a guiding principle for the design of new products, facilities, services, etc. This study aims to contribute to knowledge about UD in practice – how it is conceived, experienced and discussed in Sweden, especially regarding education, working life and housing.Design/methodology/approachA group interview and a workshop (immersion into personas and scenarios) with 14 practitioners of inclusion and accessibility from academia, civil society, business and the public sector were analyzed with qualitative content analysis.FindingsThe participating practitioners related UD to a cluster of terms for inclusion and wanted to communicate the reason for UD rather than battling about words. Flexibility was considered openness to the diversity of human conditions and situations combined with individualization capacity including assistance. Short-term demands for access and compliance to minimum standards must be balanced with long-term learning processes. Evaluation, relation-building and dialogs must update and contextualize UD, for example, in relation to categorization.Originality/valueThis study yields an in-depth picture of how the practice of UD is conceived, experienced and discussed among Swedish practitioners of inclusion and accessibility. It elucidates dissonances between experiences and ideals, standardized and flexible design, and the interests of users and institutions. It enhances knowledge of the dilemmas in inclusive and diversity-based practices, as well as the implementation and promotion of UD.

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Let us move beyond word battles and separatism: strategies and concerns regarding universal design in Sweden

Erdtman

Rassmus-Gröhn

Hedvall

2022

EDI

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“…Research in equality, diversity and inclusion in relation to (dis)ability has so far mainly focused on policies in general. Gordon and Tavera-Salyutov (2018) have conducted a diachronic review of the disability rights legislation, looking into how the moral plea for professional inclusion has led to significant global movements for disability rights. They concluded that a socio-political change unfolding is noticeable through various inclusive agendas.…”

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Analysing the dynamics of inclusive practices through the mass media coverage of deafness, multimodal communication and performance in professional contexts.

Munyangeyo¹

2022

IJIRMMCS

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Multifaceted diversity and related inclusive practices are increasingly becoming very significant in designing social policies and managing the workforce in the workplaces. This paper discuses the cultural shift in the public perceptions of deafness and hard of hearing in a synchronic perspective. Using Buzzsumo’s content analyser, we identified the content published during the British Strictly Come Dancing 2021 television show around “Rose Ayling-Ellis”,“sign language” and “deaf” as specific keywords. We examined the data in tandem with the social engagement, the concept, the purpose and the impact of inclusive practices through the mass media coverage of deafness, multimodal communication and performance in a professional context. The findings revealed a significant increase in social engagements with Sign Language and Deaf; and Rose Ayling-Ellis was an important driver of the content and related topics. Using the content analysis and Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs as theoretical frameworks, this study confirms that multimodal communication strategies have allowed the (dis)ability dimensions to transcend the empathic assumptions in the society and the workplace and embrace significantly meritocratic achievements in a very competitive and yet inclusive contest. The paper concludes that ability/disability is an elusive dichotomy that is often related to societal and cultural interpretative deficiency. But for the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion framework to lead to meaningful changes within the society and the organisations, it should be supported by equitable interventions designed to facilitate and warrant the level playing field.

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“…Instead, the concept of personhood has become of utmost importance in determining a being's moral status and its moral and legal claim rights. This shift can be substantiated by the long-standing debate over the human rights for people with medical impairments, which has been based on the concept of personhood [30]. However, many experts in the philosophy of technology (let alone laypeople) are unaware of the complex debates on relevant issues which are discussed in other philosophical disciplines and which could provide a better understanding of certain particular concepts and arguments regarding their own cases.…”

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Human rights for robots? A literature review

Gordon

Pasvenskienė

2021

AI Ethics

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This literature review of the most prominent academic and non-academic publications in the last 10 years on the question of whether intelligent robots should be entitled to human rights is the first review of its kind in the academic context. We review three challenging academic contributions and six non-academic but important popular texts in blogs, magazines, and newspapers which are also frequently cited in academia. One of the main findings is that several authors base their critical views (i.e. views against recognizing human rights for robots) on misleading ethical and philosophical assumptions and hence offer flawed arguments regarding the moral and legal status of artificial intelligent robots and their possible claims to human rights. Our analysis sheds light on some of the complex and challenging issues related to the crucial question of whether intelligent robots with human-like capabilities are eventually entitled to human rights (or not).

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Remarks on disability rights legislation

Cited by 11 publications

References 34 publications

Let us move beyond word battles and separatism: strategies and concerns regarding universal design in Sweden

Let us move beyond word battles and separatism: strategies and concerns regarding universal design in Sweden

Analysing the dynamics of inclusive practices through the mass media coverage of deafness, multimodal communication and performance in professional contexts.

Human rights for robots? A literature review

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