Communication Design Quarterly Jan 2019

Designing for intersectional, interdependent accessibility

Laura Gonzales

Abstract

Drawing on narratives (Jones, 2016; Jones & Walton, 2018) from bilingual technical communication projects, this article makes a case for the importance of considering language access and accessibility in crafting and sharing digital research. Connecting conversations in disability studies and language diversity, the author emphasizes how an interdependent (Price, 2011; Price & Kerchbaum, 2016), intersectional (Crenshaw, 1989; Medina & Haas, 2018) orientation to access through disability studies and translation can help technical communication researchers to design and disseminate digital research that is accessible to audiences from various linguistic backgrounds and who also identify with various dis/abilities.

Journal
Communication Design Quarterly
Published
2019-01-22
DOI
10.1145/3309589.3309593
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Topics
multimodality technical communication disability studies

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