What if technology helped society become more inclusive?

There are already many ‘assistive technologies’ available, which can help people with disabilities participate more fully in society. More advanced assistive technologies are under development, but is technology the key to a more inclusive society?

Author: Philip Boucher

See also the related EP: EPRS In-Depth Analysis: Assistive technologies for people with disabilities (and associated annexes) published in January 2018

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: STOA Workshop ‘Robots: enabling the disabled or disabling the abled?’ (EP: EPRS: Blog, June 2015) http://www.europeansources.info/record/stoa-workshop-robots-enabling-the-disabled-or-disabling-the-abled/

EP: EPRS In-Depth Analysis, January 2018: Assistive technologies for people with disabilities http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2018/603218/EPRS_IDA(2018)603218_EN.pdf

EP: EPRS In-Depth Analysis, January 2018: Assistive technologies for people with disabilities. Annex 1 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2018/603218/EPRS_IDA(2018)603218(ANN1)_EN.pdf

EP: EPRS In-Depth Analysis, January 2018: Assistive technologies for people with disabilities. Annex 2 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2018/603218/EPRS_IDA(2018)603218(ANN2)_EN.pdf

EP: EPRS In-Depth Analysis, January 2018: Assistive technologies for people with disabilities. Annex 3 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2018/603218/EPRS_IDA(2018)603218(ANN3)_EN.pdf

EP: EPRS In-Depth Analysis, January 2018: Assistive technologies for people with disabilities. Annex 4 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2018/603218/EPRS_IDA(2018)603218(ANN4)_EN.pdf

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