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Challenging Ableism: A Critical Turn Toward Disability Justice in HCI

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A reflection on our learnings from the CHI 2022 "Dreaming Disability Justice in HCI" workshop, and why we continue to call for disability justice, despite the limitations of how we practice it within academia and industry.

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cover image XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students
XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students  Volume 30, Issue 4
Technology and Social Justice
Summer 2024
65 pages
EISSN:1528-4980
DOI:10.1145/3676155
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