Transforming the Rights-Based Encounter: Disability Rights, Disability Justice, and the Ethics of Access

Kristin C. Bennett Arizona State University ; Mark A. Hannah Arizona State University

Abstract

Technical and professional communication (TPC) has recently turned to social justice to interrogate seemingly neutral documents’ impacts on marginalized populations, including disabled individuals. In workplace contexts, such efforts are often impeded by rights-based discourse that maintains ableist institutional spaces and impedes efforts toward broader institutional change. Recognizing that TPC practitioners likely will encounter rights-based discourse, this article offers an ethical decision-making framework that couples the field's previous disability studies work with disability justice. We offer guidelines and a critical vocabulary for bridging legal rights and social justice concerns to inspire ethical articulations of disability access needed for transformative change.

Journal
Journal of Business and Technical Communication
Published
2022-07-01
DOI
10.1177/10506519221087960
Open Access
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