Online social connections and Internet use among people with intellectual disabilities in the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 pandemic

被引:29
作者
Caton, Sue [1 ]
Hatton, Chris [2 ]
Gillooly, Amanda [3 ]
Oloidi, Edward [5 ]
Clarke, Libby [7 ]
Bradshaw, Jill [10 ]
Flynn, Samantha [8 ]
Taggart, Laurence [11 ]
Mulhall, Peter
Jahoda, Andrew [4 ]
Maguire, Roseann [3 ]
Marriott, Anna [12 ]
Todd, Stuart [6 ]
Abbott, David [13 ]
Beyer, Stephen [15 ]
Gore, Nick [10 ]
Heslop, Pauline [14 ]
Scior, Katrina [16 ]
Hastings, Richard P. [9 ,17 ]
机构
[1] Manchester Metropolitan Univ, Dept Social Care & Social Work, Manchester, Lancs, England
[2] Manchester Metropolitan Univ, Dept Social Care & Social Work, Social Care, Manchester, Lancs, England
[3] Univ Glasgow, Inst Hlth & Wellbeing, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
[4] Univ Glasgow, Learning Disabil, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
[5] Univ South Wales, Unit Dev Intellectual & Dev Disabil, Pontypridd, M Glam, Wales
[6] Univ South Wales, Pontypridd, M Glam, Wales
[7] Univ Warwick, Quantitat Methods Specialism, Coventry, W Midlands, England
[8] Univ Warwick, Ctr Educ Dev Appraisal & Res CEDAR, Coventry, W Midlands, England
[9] Univ Warwick, Coventry, W Midlands, England
[10] Univ Kent, Canterbury, Kent, England
[11] Univ Ulster, Intellectual Disabil Res, Coleraine, Londonderry, North Ireland
[12] Natl Dev Team Inclus, Bath, Avon, England
[13] Univ Bristol, Social Policy, Norah Fry Ctr Disabil Studies, Bristol, Avon, England
[14] Univ Bristol, Intellectual Disabil Res, Bristol, Avon, England
[15] Univ Cardiff, Natl Ctr Mental Hlth, Learning Disabil Res, Cardiff, Wales
[16] UCL, Clin Psychol & Stigma Studies, London, England
[17] Monash Univ, Clayton, Vic, Australia
基金
英国科研创新办公室;
关键词
COVID-19; disability; intellectual disability; Internet; learning disability; DEVELOPMENTAL-DISABILITIES; ADULTS; INFORMATION; RISKS;
D O I
10.1177/14614448221093762
中图分类号
G2 [信息与知识传播];
学科分类号
05 ; 0503 ;
摘要
Having a disability, in particular, an intellectual disability, is associated with Internet non-use. This article explores how people with intellectual disabilities used the Internet across the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 pandemic. In April to May 2021, 571 adults with intellectual disabilities were interviewed. Participants most commonly used the Internet for being with family and friends, social media or doing online activities with other people. People who lived with family were the most likely to use social media; people who lived with other people with intellectual disabilities were the least likely. People who self-reported as not lonely were more likely to use the Internet for online activities with others and play video games with others. Social connections were identified as the best thing about the Internet. Many participants chose not to identify a worst thing about Internet use, while others reported issues with technology, online harm and threats to well-being.
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页码:2804 / 2828
页数:25
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