Digital Outcasts

Moving Technology Forward Without Leaving People Behind
2. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-0-443-33677-5
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 340 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm

Digital Outcasts: Moving Technology Forward without Leaving People Behind, Second Edition comprehensively explores inclusive design in human-computer interaction. The book examines the real-life experiences of people with disabilities as they navigate systemic barriers in employment, education, healthcare, and social connectivity. This new edition covers the intersectionality of disability with other forms of economic and political discrimination, uncovering how biases related to race, gender, and ability are reflected in language models and AI algorithms. With digital access a foundational element of human existence, the consequences of exclusion are far-reaching and increasingly urgent.

Citing case studies in law, creative arts, and social science, this updated edition also examines the historical and emergent impact people with disabilities have on culture and industry. Digital Outcasts emphases that disability has long served as a powerful catalyst for design innovation, driving transformational benefit for consumers of all abilities and backgrounds. Taking into account new legal and technological perspectives, this revision stands as an update on the progress we have made-and how far we have yet to go.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, Kel

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion User Interface Design & Benutzerfreundlichkeit
• Geisteswissenschaften Design Interface Design, Interaktionsdesign, Application Design

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Who Are Digital Outcasts?
2. Interpreting Ability
3. Beyond Accessibility To Inclusion
4. Accessibility and the Real World
5. Defining Inclusive Innovation
6. Where Mind and Body Meet
7. Inclusive Design As Social Responsibility
8. Tomorrow’s Digital Outcasts

Über Autor(innen)

Smith, Kel
Kel Smith is a speaker, author, instructor, and practitioner with 20+ years' experience in the design and technology sectors. His articles have appeared in SAGE World Future Review, Universal Access in the Information Society, International Journal of E-Politics, UX Magazine, and The Practical Lawyer, among others.

He launched Aisle Won, a nutrition support app that connects low-income populations with sources of accessible and affordable locally grown food. Smith regularly presents on digital accessibility and social innovation, including for the Centre for Health Literacy, the Royal National Institute of the Blind, the Art Institute of Chicago, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, and Stanford University, and has featured on CBC Radio and the BBC.

He sits on the board of Inglis Foundation, the Philadelphia region's largest provider of accessible health services, and served as Vice Chair of the Philadelphia chapter of ACM/SIG-CHI. He is an adjunct lecturer at Rutgers University, teaching courses on digital design and the social impact of inclusive innovation.