Technosolutionism

The belief that complex social problems, including disability, can and should be solved primarily through technology. Popularised by Evgeny Morozov, the term describes a mindset that strips nuance from social issues and recasts them as neat technical problems with computable solutions. In the disability and accessibility context, technosolutionism manifests when designers focus on building technological fixes for disabled people rather than addressing the social, structural, and attitudinal barriers that create disability. This can result in products that reinforce deficit narratives, increase surveillance of disabled users, or divert attention from more impactful policy and cultural changes.