ArticleNew media & society2024
Online social connections and Internet use among people with intellectual disabilities in the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Social Internet Use by People With Intellectual Disabilities: A Systematic Review and Thematic Synthesis of Qualitative Studies.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDR · 2025Pooled it
- "Everything has changed since COVID": Ongoing challenges faced by Canadian adults with intellectual disabilities during waves 2 and 3 of the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of intellectual disabilities : JOID · 2026Article
- Digital Inequality and Internet Self-Efficacy in Adults With Intellectual Disability: Motivational, Demographic and Contextual Predictors of Online Participation.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID · 2026Article
- How Did the COVID-19 Restrictions Change the Digital Contact of People With Intellectual Disabilities? A Longitudinal Multi-Method Study in Sheltered Home Care Facilities.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID · 2025Article
- Uncovering Core Qualities of Digital Interventions for Health Promotion: Perspectives From People With Intellectual Disabilities, Relatives, and Professionals.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID · 2025Article
- Three Years on From "Stay at Home": Perspectives of People With Intellectual Disabilities About the Ongoing Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID · 2025Article
- Urban-Rural Disparities in Life Satisfaction Among Older Koreans: Determinants and Healthcare Policy Implications.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Safer Online Lives: Internet Use and Online Experiences of Adults With Intellectual Disabilities-A Survey Study.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID · 2025Article
- What Would Have Helped People With Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities in the UK During COVID-19?Journal of policy and practice in intellectual disabilities · 2024Article
- Pushing the boundaries of digital social contact: Experiences of people with disabilities and their social networks during the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of intellectual disabilities : JOID · 2024Article
- Examining the prevalence and type of technology-use in people with Down syndrome: Perspectives from parents and caregivers.Journal of intellectual disabilities : JOID · 2024Article
- Working collaboratively with an online advisory group of people with learning disabilities in covid-times: carrier pigeons, cats and drones.Research involvement and engagement · 2023Article
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Abstract
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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