Communication Design Quarterly Jan 2019

Guest editor's introduction

Sean Zdenek

Abstract

This special issue asks us to refl ect on the transformative potential of disability studies to reimagine technical and professional communication (TPC). Informing this special issue is the notion that disability "enables insight---critical, experiential, cognitive, sensory, and pedagogical insight" (Brueggemann, 2002, p. 795). Rather than consider questions of access from the margins---e.g. after we receive a letter of accommodation from a student, when we need to satisfy a legal mandate, or when we turn to our organization's web accessibility checklist---disability studies places disability and difference at the center of our practices and pedagogies (p. 814).

Journal
Communication Design Quarterly
Published
2019-01-22
DOI
10.1145/3309589.3309590
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Topics
professional writing disability studies multilingual writers

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