Is digital divide an issue for students with learning disabilities?

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Highlights:

• Exploring digital divide between students with learning disabilities (LD) and peers.

• No difference was found in ICT access between children with and without LD.

• A difference was found in ICT competencies between children with and without LD.

• Typical students enhanced ICT skills gradually, but those with LD did not.

• Specific ICT instruction programs should be provided to children with LD.

摘要

•Exploring digital divide between students with learning disabilities (LD) and peers.•No difference was found in ICT access between children with and without LD.•A difference was found in ICT competencies between children with and without LD.•Typical students enhanced ICT skills gradually, but those with LD did not.•Specific ICT instruction programs should be provided to children with LD.

论文关键词:Digital divide,Students with learning disabilities,Information and communication technology (ICT),ICT access,ICT competency

论文评审过程:Available online 23 July 2014.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.06.024