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This book brings together formally disparate literatures and debates on disability and technology in a way that captures the complex interplay between the two. Drawing on disability studies, technology studies and clinical studies, the book argues that interdisciplinary insights together provide a more nuanced and less stylized picture of the benefits and barriers in disability and technology. Drawing on a breadth of empirical studies from across the globe, a picture emerges of the complex and multi-directional interplay of technology and disability. Technology is neither inherently enabling or disabling but fundamentally shaped by the social dynamics that shape their design, use and impact

Annotation

5. New Labour and clauses for conditionality: activating disabled citizensIntroduction -- New Labour, conditionality and the primacy of paid work -- Paid work, social inclusion and social citizenship -- Disability and a return to laissez-faire policies? -- Conclusion -- 6. Supporting disabled adults: new paradigms or new paternalism? -- Modernised adult social care: personalisation and self-directed support -- Fair Access to Care Services and Putting people first: rhetoric and reality -- Individual budgets -- Crossing provider boundaries -- Changing day services

Working futures? looks at the current effectiveness and future scope for enabling policy in the field of disability and employment.