Disability and Digital Media: Accessibility, Representation and Inclusion (edX)

In Disability and Digital Media, we will explore the relationship between digital technologies and disability in the Internet age. We will consider:

• the evolving impact of social media on representations of disability;
• the politics of experiencing, embodying, and discussing disability online;
• the presence of disability in memes, viral content, and online culture; and
• the role of accessibility in the digital world.

This course is part of the From Digital Technologies to Social Media XSeries.

What you'll learn
You will learn about:

• Social and medical models of disability;
• Key concepts and terminology for understanding digital disability;
• How social media is changing representations of disability;
• The opportunities and challenges of representing disability online;
• How memes and viral content are being used by disability activists;
• How the tools of digital accessibility can benefit all media users.

Syllabus

Module 1: Introducing digital disability
Module 2: Disability and social media
Module 3: Accessibility and the digital world
Module 4: The future of digital disability