Mar 252010
The NYT looks at how people with disabilities and chronic health conditions use the web and social networking sites to connect with other people, including those with similar conditions. The article is fine, but it feels like it’s something that could have been written in 2002. Is it really news that people with disabilities use the Internet or that they might use it to discuss issues related to their disabilities? The reporter could have focused on how people with disabilities struggle to afford broadband or how they are using social media to change perceptions about disability, but instead we get this fairly vanilla story. Try harder, Times staff.
