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Exploring How Support Workers Understand Their Role in Supporting Adults with Intellectual Disabilities to Access the Internet for Intimate Relationships
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Lines, Jason; Combes, Helen; Richards, Ruth – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2021
Background: Some adults with intellectual disabilities need support to access the Internet. This study explores how support workers understand their role in facilitating Internet access for intimate relationships. Method: Eight support workers in the West Midlands of the UK were interviewed face-to-face, using semi-structured interviews and a…
Descriptors: Adults, Intellectual Disability, Internet, Caregiver Role
Bridging the Digital Divide: Telephone Tutoring at the Center
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Nejezchleb, Amy – Communication Center Journal, 2020
The Coronavirus has laid bare what unequal technology access looks like in the United States. Conversely, the phone's consistency and richness offers college students a way to bridge the digital divide. The irony of returning to old technology like telephony is not lost on communication centers in 2020, yet if everyone is to access education…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Disadvantaged, Tutoring, Tutors
The Learning Divide Revisited: A Report on the Findings of a UK-Wide Survey on Adult Participation in Education and Learning.
Sargant, Naomi – 2000
Based on a 1999 survey of 5,054 adults, this report describes those who are and are not participating in adult learning in Great Britain. It covers factors such as age, gender, previous education experiences, socioeconomic background, and geographical location and points to the workplace as a significant source of information, motivation, and…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Education, Adult Education, Adults