Abstract
The first part of the title of this chapter comes verbatim from a comment given in response to an on-line interview by Rita, a 56-yearold Australian living with Tourette’s Syndrome, Attention Deficit Disorder and learning disorders. When asked how using computerised communication technologies had contributed to her life, she replied:
There are so many benefits. I am constantly using my mind, eye-hand skills, meeting new people, finding relatives, keeping in touch with friends, relatives, all over the world. I can access information at any time. It is unbelievable the difference it has made to my life. I am normal on the ’Net.1
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Lupton, D., Seymour, W. (2003). ‘I am Normal on the ’Net’: Disability, Computerised Communication Technologies and the Embodied Self. In: Coupland, J., Gwyn, R. (eds) Discourse, the Body, and Identity. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403918543_12
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