Digital Outcasts
Moving Technology Forward without Leaving People Behind
- 2nd Edition - May 18, 2026
- Latest edition
- Author: Kel Smith
- Language: English
Digital Outcasts: Moving Technology Forward without Leaving People Behind, Second Edition comprehensively explores inclusive design in human-computer interaction. The book examin… Read more
Description
Description
Citing case studies in law, creative arts, and social science, this updated edition also examines the historical and emergent impact people with disabilities have on culture and industry. Digital Outcasts emphases that disability has long served as a powerful catalyst for design innovation, driving transformational benefit for consumers of all abilities and backgrounds. Taking into account new legal and technological perspectives, this revision stands as an update on the progress we have made—and how far we have yet to go.
Key features
Key features
- Helps readers gain a better understanding of how people with disabilities approach and use everyday technologies and services
- Covers the pitfalls and approaches necessary to help stay current in product design and strategy practice
- Prepares users for a world in which inclusive benefit is achievable for people of all abilities and backgrounds
Readership
Readership
Table of contents
Table of contents
Copyright
In praise of Digital Outcasts: Moving Technology Forward without Leaving People Behind
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword by David Ogunrinde
Preface
Introduction
1. Who Are Digital Outcasts?
2. Interpreting Ability
3. Beyond Accessibility To Inclusion
4. Accessibility and the Real World
5. Defining Inclusive Innovation
6. Where Mind and Body Meet
7. Inclusive Design As Social Responsibility
8. Tomorrow’s Digital Outcasts
References
Index
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 2
- Latest edition
- Published: May 19, 2026
- Language: English
About the author
About the author
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Kel Smith
Kel Smith is author of the Elsevier book Digital Outcasts: Moving Technology Forward Without Leaving People Behind (Morgan Kaufmann, 2013 and 2026), recently published in its second edition. Digital Outcasts received a 5/5 rating on BCS, Slashdot, and GoodReads and a 9/10 rating on ACM Computing Reviews.
Mr. Smith holds nearly thirty years of experience working in the design and technology sectors, including stints at Google, Johnson & Johnson, Wiley, and Havas. Mr. Smith has also served as a consultant for a number of international companies and governmental agencies.
In addition to Digital Outcasts, Mr. Smith has published several scientific papers on social innovation and digital inclusion. Mr. Smith’s articles have appeared in SAGE World Future Review, Universal Access in the Information Society, International Journal of E-Politics, UX Magazine, and The Practical Lawyer, among others. Mr. Smith’s scholarly works are housed in the collections of the Pentagon Library, the American Bar Association, the American Law Institute, the Ontario College of Art and Design, and the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law.
Mr. Smith has delivered over 100 presentations in six countries. His credits include talks for the Centre for Health Literacy, the Royal National Institute of the Blind, the Art Institute of Chicago, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, and Stanford University, among many others. Mr. Smith’s work has been featured on CBC Radio’s The Current, National Public Radio, and the BBC Ouch! Network.
For nine years, Mr. Smith served on the board of directors for Inglis Foundation, the Philadelphia region’s largest provider of accessible and affordable health services. An adjunct lecturer at Rutgers University, Mr. Smith also served two terms as Vice Chair of the Philadelphia chapter of ACM/SIG-CHI for computer-human interaction.