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Empowerment, disability and new technologies: bridging the gap in training
- Authors:
- DIMIND Liz, DAVIS Bob
- Journal article citation:
- New Technology in the Human Services, 13(3/4), 2001, pp.22-30.
- Publisher:
- Centre for Human Service Technology
Any new technology has the potential to be liberating or oppressive. This paper explores this issue in relation to disabled people, reviewing some of the more relevant literature. One factor here is the availability of facilitators who have a command of both technological and disability aspects of the issue. The authors describe an innovative Higher National Diploma (HND) programme at Bridgend College in South Wales that attempts to equip students with skills from both fields firmly underpinned by a philosophy of empowerment. Indications of new and sometimes surprising employment opportunities for students completing the course are discussed, raising questions about the need to develop or replicate the programme elsewhere.