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The right to assistive technology.

Joseph A Stramondo¹

¹San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA. jstramondo@sdsu.edu.

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

|October 7, 2020

Summary

Disabled individuals have a right to assistive technology (AT). Compensatory justice, not healthcare rights, provides a framework for AT access, addressing limitations of other theories.

Keywords:

Assistive technology Brain–computer interface Capabilities approach Compensatory justice Disability Equality of opportunity Health care justice Medical necessity

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Area of Science:

Disability Studies
Philosophy of Justice
Bioethics

Background:

Existing frameworks for assistive technology (AT) rights, such as healthcare rights or the capabilities approach, face challenges.
These challenges include the problem of constriction (insufficient AT justification) and overextension (inadequate upper limits).

Purpose of the Study:

To propose an alternative framework for the right to assistive technology (AT) for disabled individuals.
To establish a just basis for AT access that avoids the pitfalls of existing theories.

Main Methods:

Critically analyze the limitations of grounding AT rights in healthcare or capabilities approaches.
Develop and defend a compensatory justice framework for AT access.
Propose a method for determining the upper limit of AT rights.

Main Results:

Argues that compensatory justice offers a more robust justification for AT rights than healthcare or capabilities approaches.
Demonstrates how compensatory justice addresses both the problem of constriction and the problem of overextension.
Proposes a specific method for delimiting the scope of the right to AT.

Conclusions:

Disabled people are owed access to AT as compensation for societal disadvantages and violations of equal opportunity.
Compensatory justice provides a superior ethical foundation for the right to assistive technology.
The proposed framework offers a practical solution for defining the extent of AT provision.