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		<!-- END ODIOGO LISTEN BUTTON v2.5.7 (WP) -->{"id":1115,"date":"2011-04-04T09:30:29","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T09:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slewth.wordpress.com\/?p=1115"},"modified":"2011-04-04T09:30:29","modified_gmt":"2011-04-04T09:30:29","slug":"230-identity-and-disability-by-nick-watson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slewth.co.uk\/blog\/2011\/04\/04\/230-identity-and-disability-by-nick-watson\/","title":{"rendered":"#2 &#8216;Identity and Disability&#8217; by Nick Watson"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\t\t<!-- BEGIN ODIOGO LISTEN BUTTON v2.5.7 (WP) -->\r\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"javascript\">\r\n\t\t<!--\r\n\t\t\/\/ ODIOGO_START:do_NOT_remove_this_comment\r\n\t\tshowOdiogoReadNowButton (\"687068\", \"#2 &#8216;Identity and Disability&#8217; by Nick Watson\", \"1115\", 290, 55);\r\n\t\t\/\/ -->\r\n\t\t<\/script>\r\n\t\t<br\/>\r\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"javascript\">\r\n\t\t<!--\r\n\t\tshowInitialOdiogoReadNowFrame (\"687068\", \"1115\", 290, 0);\r\n\t\t\/\/ ODIOGO_END:do_NOT_remove_this_comment\r\n\t\t\/\/ -->\r\n\t\t<\/script>\r\n\t\t<!-- END ODIOGO LISTEN BUTTON v2.5.7 (WP) -->\r\n\t\t\n<p>The second post in my solo April <a title=\"30 days of academia\" href=\"http:\/\/slewth.wordpress.com\/2011\/03\/28\/30-days-of-aca\u2026for-april-2011\/\">blog festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a title=\"Disability and Identity by Nick Watson\" href=\"http:\/\/www.informaworld.com\/smpp\/content~db=all~content=a713662162\" target=\"_blank\">WATSON, N. (2002) Well, I know this is going to sound very strange to you, but I don\u2019t see myself as a disabled person: identity and disability. Disability &amp; Society, 17, 5, 18.<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1090\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_1090\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 109px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slewth.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/disabilityandsociety1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1090\" title=\"Disability and Society\" src=\"http:\/\/www.slewth.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/disabilityandsociety1.jpg?w=105\" alt=\"Disability and Society\" width=\"105\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_1090\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Disability and Society<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In March 2011 <a title=\"Aleks Krotoski on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/aleksk\" target=\"_blank\">Aleks Krotoski<\/a>, UK technology journalist and researcher wrote a piece about <a title=\"Disability and the Internet Observer article\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/technology\/2011\/mar\/06\/untangling-web-aleks-krotoski-disability\" target=\"_blank\">Disability and the Internet<\/a> for the Observer. Although I recognised many of her arguments and observations, I disagreed with several key aspects of her analysis. In particular, her assertion that disabled people \u2018pass\u2019 as non-disabled online. Hers is a very blunt statement\u00a0\u2013 and it is this concern, that disabled people who do not present themselves (or see themselves) as disabled online might in some way be complicit in maintaining, rather than challenging a disabling status quo that Watson\u2019s research tears into.<\/p>\n<p>Here Watson challenges a \u2018passing\u2019 interpretation of the actions of disabled people \u2013 presenting disabled people\u2019s own accounts and identifying in the process an opposite interpretation, a political assertion of disability as normal. Watson\u2019s research gives important nuance to this crucial area. For anyone writing, designing or researching disability and technology \u2013 this paper makes essential reading.<\/p>\n<p>Note: My PhD explores this territory with respect to Social Networks. For an additional alternative\u00a0reponse to Kotoski&#8217;s article, see how <a title=\"Disability Bitch CyberSpasm article\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/ouch\/opinion\/b1tch\/db_goes_into_cyberspasm.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Ouch\u2019s Disability Bitch\u00a0goes into CyberSpasm<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\r\n\t\t<!-- BEGIN ODIOGO LISTEN BUTTON v2.5.7 (WP) -->\r\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"javascript\">\r\n\t\t<!--\r\n\t\t\/\/ ODIOGO_START:do_NOT_remove_this_comment\r\n\t\tshowOdiogoReadNowButton (\"687068\", \"#2 &#8216;Identity and Disability&#8217; by Nick Watson\", \"1115\", 290, 55);\r\n\t\t\/\/ -->\r\n\t\t<\/script>\r\n\t\t<br\/>\r\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"javascript\">\r\n\t\t<!--\r\n\t\tshowInitialOdiogoReadNowFrame (\"687068\", \"1115\", 290, 0);\r\n\t\t\/\/ ODIOGO_END:do_NOT_remove_this_comment\r\n\t\t\/\/ -->\r\n\t\t<\/script>\r\n\t\t<!-- END ODIOGO LISTEN BUTTON v2.5.7 (WP) -->\r\n\t\t\n<p>The second post in my solo April blog festival. WATSON, N. (2002) Well, I know this is going to sound very strange to you, but I don\u2019t see myself as a disabled person: identity and disability. Disability &amp; Society, 17, 5, 18. 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