Digital Youth with Disabilities

An examination of media and technology use by school-aged youth with disabilities, with an emphasis on media use at home. Most research on media use by young people with disabilities focuses on the therapeutic and rehabilitative uses of technology; less attention has been paid to their day-to-day en...

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Main Author: Alper, Meryl (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Cambridge The MIT Press 2014
Series:The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning
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