Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement
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Ashley Shew. (2023). Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement. Unabridged HighBridge.

Ashley Shew. 2023. Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement. HighBridge.

Ashley Shew, Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement. HighBridge, 2023.

Ashley Shew. Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement. Unabridged HighBridge, 2023.

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When Ashley Shew became a self-described "hard-of-hearing chemobrained amputee with Crohn's disease and tinnitus," there was no returning to "normal." Suddenly well-meaning people called her an "inspiration" while grocery shopping or viewed her as a needy recipient of technological wizardry. Most disabled people don't want what the abled assume they want-nor are they generally asked. In vibrant prose, Shew shows how we can create better narratives and more accessible futures by drawing from the insights of the cross-disability community. To forge a more equitable world, Shew argues that we must eliminate "technoableism"-the harmful belief that technology is a "solution" for disability; that the disabled simply await being "fixed" by technological wizardry; that making society more accessible and equitable is somehow a lesser priority. This badly needed introduction to disability expertise considers mobility devices, medical infrastructure, neurodivergence, and the relationship between disability and race. The future, Shew points out, is surely disabled-whether through changing climate, new diseases, or even through space travel. It's time we looked closely at how we all think about disability technologies and learn to envision disabilities not as liabilities, but as skill sets enabling all of us to navigate a challenging world.

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     July 24, 2023
     Disability activist Shew (Animal Constructions and Technological Knowledge) asks people to reconsider the assumption that disability is a problem that needs to be solved by technology in this amusing and persuasive polemic. Shew describes technoableism, a word she coined, as a “belief... that considers the elimination of disability a good thing, something we should strive for”—and argues that the mindset is responsible for flawed, ineffective, and inessential technology that most disabled people don’t want or can’t use. For example, cochlear implants are widely portrayed as “curing” deafness in infants, but it often takes years for children using them to learn how to communicate, and they don’t always work, need frequent maintenance, and remove all natural hearing; activists in the Deaf community have pushed back against the medical community’s presumption that Deaf children, by default, require this flawed technology. Rather than assuming disability “is a problem that resides within individual disabled people,” Shew prefers a social model of disability, wherein the problems caused by disability are viewed a structural issue. Questioning whether anyone needs to be fixed at all, Shew posits an alternative way of viewing the world—one where people with disabilities are considered not just the experts on their own bodies but as experts on uncertainty and injustice, who are uniquely qualified to be architects of a more equal future. “We should always be planning with disability in mind,” she writes, “because disability is an inherent part of having squishy meat bodies.” Equally fierce and funny, this will galvanize readers to demand genuine equity for people with disabilities.

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   • content: Maria Pendolino performs this short collection of essays featuring Dr. Ashley Shew's concept of "technoableism," a type of ableist belief that technology can, and should, "cure" disabled people. Shew uses her experience as a chronically ill, hard-of-hearing cancer survivor and amputee to illustrate how technology helps assist her in her everyday life. But, at the same time, technology is not a cure; it's merely a tool that disabled people can use to better their lives. Pendolino delivers the essays in a way that keeps listeners' attention during technical descriptions while also capturing the emotional heart of Shew's ideas. Listeners will find Pendolino's clear and direct narration perfect for gaining a better understanding of new concepts about technology and disability studies. K.D.W. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine

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When Ashley Shew became a self-described "hard-of-hearing chemobrained amputee with Crohn's disease and tinnitus," there was no returning to "normal." Suddenly well-meaning people called her an "inspiration" while grocery shopping or viewed her as a needy recipient of technological wizardry. Most disabled people don't want what the abled assume they want-nor are they generally asked. In vibrant prose, Shew shows how we can create better narratives and more accessible futures by drawing from the insights of the cross-disability community. To forge a more equitable world, Shew argues that we must eliminate "technoableism"-the harmful belief that technology is a "solution" for disability; that the disabled simply await being "fixed" by technological wizardry; that making society more accessible and equitable is somehow a lesser priority. This badly needed introduction to disability expertise considers mobility devices, medical infrastructure, neurodivergence, and the relationship...

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