According to the World Health Organization (WHO), disability is an umbrella term for impairments, activity limitations and participation restrictions. Impairments are problems that affect a structure or body function, activity limitations refers to the difficulty to execute actions or tasks, and participation restrictions are problems to participate in life situations. Thus, disability is a complex phenomenon that reflects an interaction between the characteristics of the human body and the characteristics of the society in which it lives. Murphy and Potts (2003) in the text "Culture and technology" state that "we are all disabled in the sense perhaps that we rely on technological assistance in different ways”.
But, do we?
If we look at developed countries, there is a heavy reliance on technology. It is undoubtedly an economic engine of development and also an indicator of welfare in different levels.
Citizens need of technology in everyday life..We use it for work, for connecting with others, collaborate, entertain ourselves, solve problems. Governments invest in innovation and implement programs to encourage the development of new technologies for social progress: health, education, and work, among others.
We can say that, without technology, we are like handicapped, because an important part of our lives depend of it.
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