{"product_id":"against-technoableism-rethinking-who-needs-improvement-9781324036661","title":"Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen 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 abled persistently frame disability as an individual's problem rather than a social one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a warm, feisty voice and vibrant prose, Shew shows how we can create better narratives and more accessible futures by drawing from the insights of the cross-disability community. To forge a more equitable world, Shew argues that we must eliminate \"technoableism\"--the harmful belief that technology is a \"solution\" for disability; that the disabled simply await being \"fixed\" by technological wizardry; that making society more accessible and equitable is somehow a lesser priority.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis badly needed introduction to disability expertise considers mobility devices, medical infrastructure, neurodivergence, and the crucial relationship between disability and race. The future, Shew points out, is surely disabled--whether through changing climate, new diseases, or even through space travel. It's time we looked closely at how we all think about disability technologies and learn to envision disabilities not as liabilities, but as skill sets enabling all of us to navigate a challenging world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/19\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324036661\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2023 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/24\/2023\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ashley Shew","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43059793199285,"sku":"9781324036661","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_ace0f8ab-0e30-459e-99d1-b921bd975c69.jpg?v=1690298448","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/against-technoableism-rethinking-who-needs-improvement-9781324036661","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}