Digital inclusion and people with learning disabilities
Darren Chadwick, C. S. Richards, Martin Molin, Iva Strnadová
Abstract
Accessible Summaries The digital inclusion of people with learning disabilities is an important topic because more of our lives are spent using technology and being online. Articles in this special issue talk about the digital inclusion of people with learning disabilities. We look at their experiences and the experiences of other people in their lives. The articles talk about how people with learning disabilities use technology and the things that help and stop people from using the internet and technology. The articles also talk about how using technology helped a lot of people during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. The articles talk about how people with learning disabilities need choices, opportunities, support and training to make digital inclusion happen so they can use technology like everybody else.