Is digital inclusion fighting disability stigma? Opportunities, barriers, and recommendations

Tsatsou, Panayiota

doi:10.1080/09687599.2020.1749563

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“…The focus group is a qualitative explanatory tool that explores perceptions and attitudes of a small group of people that interact and discuss a topic allowing their considerations [ 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 ]. A high number of interactions taking place in the focus group [ 54 ] foster a participative climate encouraging people to discuss and reflect upon a given topic in depth [ 55 ]. It is important to consider the context of the focus group setting as it is a determinant factor for the discursive production and its socio-cultural meaning [ 56 ].…”

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The Enabling Role of ICT to Mitigate the Negative Effects of Emotional and Social Loneliness of the Elderly during COVID-19 Pandemic

Barroso

Kolotouchkina

Viniegra

2021

IJERPH

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(1) Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has been especially hard on the elderly owing to their particular vulnerability to the virus. Their confinement to prevent the spread of the virus resulted in social isolation, often linked to the unwanted loneliness that hinders their emotional well-being. The enabling capacity of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) to overcome the negative effects of this isolation requires special attention. The purpose of this research is to understand the impact of the use of ICT on the emotional well-being of elderly people during their confinement. (2) Methods: A qualitative exploration method based on four focus groups with elderly people aged 60 years or older and three in-depth personal interviews with experts in education of the elderly were carried out. (3) Results: Research results evidence a negative emotional impact of the confinement (lack of physical contact with their loved ones, fear and uncertainty, feeling of loneliness, sadness at the loss of family members) on the emotional well-being of study participants. Furthermore, the operational capacity of ICT to prevent infection, as well as their positive emotional and humanizing role in providing access to entertainment and hobbies, and in improving self-esteem was also acknowledged. (4) Conclusions: ICT have become a valuable ally for elderly people aged 60 years and older to mitigate the negative effects of social isolation and loneliness imposed by the confinement.

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The Enabling Role of ICT to Mitigate the Negative Effects of Emotional and Social Loneliness of the Elderly during COVID-19 Pandemic

Barroso

Kolotouchkina

Viniegra

2021

IJERPH

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“…The internet allows PWD to form and maintain relationships and community in ways that may not be possible offline. Going online, PWD have more control over whether and how to disclose disabilities that might be readily apparent in face-to-face interaction, thus managing stigma ( Saltes, 2013 ; Soderstrom, 2009 ; Tsatsou, 2020 ). At other times, PWD can put their impairments or health conditions in the forefront of interactions online, using ICTs to join communities of others who share their condition ( Goggin & Noonan, 2006 ).…”

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Piercing the Pandemic Social Bubble: Disability and Social Media Use About COVID-19

Dobransky

Hargittai

2021

American Behavioral Scientist

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The COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing stay-at-home orders caused tremendous restrictions in social contacts, which led to increasing use of the internet for daily tasks and social interactions. As prior research has established, people with disabilities (PWD) had already been using the internet for such purposes prior to the pandemic, especially for health-related content. Through a national survey administered during the first few weeks of the pandemic in the United States, we explore how people with and without disabilities used social media to exchange information and engage in activities about COVID-19. Findings reveal that PWD were more engaged with information about COVID-19 than those without disabilities, even when controlling for sociodemographics and internet experiences and skills. These differences are especially pronounced concerning more active engagement such as sharing information, interacting, and supporting others on social media. Although the content is about a health crisis in which PWD are disproportionately vulnerable, these effects largely remain when we enter controls for health status, belonging to high-risk groups for COVID-19, and personal experiences with COVID-19. Findings highlight the benefits of universal design, both for PWD specifically, and for society more broadly, as the general population ramps up use of tools long fought for and used by PWD.

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“…The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (United Nations, 2006) was a milestone in the struggle against the exclusion suffered by people with disabilities within the UN human rights system, even though its recognition in subsequent agreements has only sometimes been comprehensive, often limited to formal statements (Skarstad and Stein, 2018). Today, there continues to be a clash between personal identity and the social construction of disability (Tsatsou, 2020). Stigma, discrimination, and social exclusion of this group has been continual from the point of view of societal aspects, health, transport, housing, education, employment, and public services, as well as the negative image transmitted through the media (Oliver, 2004).…”

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“…Social networks also allow individuals to control how and when they disclose information about their disability based on their online relationships, or in other words, whether they choose to do so in a way that is open, safe, or limited (Furr, Carreiro and McArthur, 2015). However, it seems that the psychological benefits of using digital technology result primarily from the anonymity with which people with disabilities interact on the Internet and social networks (Tsatsou, 2020), although a person can build their identity in a positive way until they decide to disclose their disability (Bowker and Tuffin, 2002). The most recent studies conducted in medical centres have revealed that half of the patients surveyed who have intellectual and/or developmental disabilities do not use mobile devices (44.6%), and that the majority (86.8%) do not use social networks (Patrick et al, 2020).…”

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Fundamental rights of people with disabilities reflected in the social discourse of the main disability organisations in Spain

López-Cepeda¹,

Viniegra²,

Vivar-Zurita³

2021

Janus.net

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Ever since the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities took place in 2006, the promotion of fundamental rights for this group has been continuous, fostering social inclusion to reduce the stereotypes and prejudices that had prevailed until that time. The aim of this research is to analyse the discourse on social networks of the main associations, foundations, as well as public and private organisations with regard to disability in Spain on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2020, in order to identify the topics that generate the highest level of interaction among the different profiles on social networks. The results suggest that despite the limited reach of these organisations on social networks, their discourse is based on fundamental rights such as participation and inclusion, accessibility, individual autonomy, and equal opportunity, which provide greater knowledge and a positive vision of persons with disabilities to society as a whole, raising awareness about stereotypes, prejudices and hate speech that are still common.

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Is digital inclusion fighting disability stigma? Opportunities, barriers, and recommendations

Cited by 54 publications

References 59 publications

The Enabling Role of ICT to Mitigate the Negative Effects of Emotional and Social Loneliness of the Elderly during COVID-19 Pandemic

The Enabling Role of ICT to Mitigate the Negative Effects of Emotional and Social Loneliness of the Elderly during COVID-19 Pandemic

Piercing the Pandemic Social Bubble: Disability and Social Media Use About COVID-19

Fundamental rights of people with disabilities reflected in the social discourse of the main disability organisations in Spain

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