Cyborg Theory

A theoretical lens originating in Donna Haraway’s 1985 "A Cyborg Manifesto" that views technology as an integrated extension of human cognitive and bodily capabilities rather than as a separate tool. In disability and neurodiversity studies, cyborg theory reframes assistive technologies, productivity tools, and self-tracking systems as empowering extensions of disabled bodies and minds — while cautioning that, without critical design, such technologies can pressure users toward neurotypical or non-disabled norms (see also technoableism).