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How Technology Is Forcing the Disability Rights Movement into the 21st Century

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Vilissa Thompson

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

catalyst feminism theory technoscience

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2380-3312

DOI - 10.28968/cftt.v5i1.30420

Subject(s) - movement (music) , social movement , forcing (mathematics) , political science , work (physics) , sociology , public relations , law , engineering , aesthetics , politics , art , mechanical engineering , climatology , geology

One of the unspoken realities of technology is the fact that it has propelled the Disability Rights Movement into the 21st century by allowing more intersected voices and perspectives to be widely shared and heard. Online activism has reshaped the history and leadership of our community, and this impact is not only empowering for the collective movement, but to individual activists and advocates as well. Vilissa Thompson, social worker and activist, recounts the impact of technology in her work and the various ways members in the disability community use technology to ramp their voices.

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