Hi Philippa I really like geographer Joyce Davidson's article: Davidson, J. 2008: Autistic culture online: virtual communication and cultural expression on the spectrum, *Social & Cultural Geography*, 9, 7, 791-806 Cheers Robyn Robyn Longhurst Professor Geography Programme School of Social Sciences Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences University of Waikato Private Bag 3105 Hamilton Aotearoa New Zealand Robyn Longhurst Professor of Geography Geography Programme School of Social Sciences Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences The University of Waikato Private Bag 3105 Hamilton 3240 Aotearoa New Zealand Tel +64 7 856 2889 Ext 8306 Fax +64 7 8384633 On 4 September 2013 14:09, Philippa Smith <philippa.smith@aut.ac.nz> wrote:
Dear AOIR members,
I am currently searching the academic literature to help me in my preparation of a research proposal about internet access and accessibility for people with disabilities here in New Zealand. This will consider not only difficulties in being 'connected' but also what the needs are of people in using computers/the Internet whether they have impairments relating to vision or hearing, or who suffer from physical conditions as a result of diseases such as Parkinson's Disease or arthritis. Really anything in the health area that is relevant to this topic and it should extend to include anything about the benefits of the Internet for people with disabilities such as empowerment.
I am aware that the Pew Report does cover this to some extent, and have also found Dobransky and Harigattai's 2006 paper titled 'The disability divide in Internet access and use' in Information Communication and Society to be useful. But if anyone can offer or direct me to further material I would be very grateful.
Kind regards
Philippa
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