Adolescents and young adults with developmental disabilities interface with the internet: six case reports of dangerous liaisons
By: Katz, Gilda.
Series: Mental Health Aspects of Developmental Disabilities 4 (2) 2001: 77-84.Publisher: 2001Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume Subject(s): COMPUTERS
| INTERNET | INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY | YOUNG ADULTS | ABUSESummary: Sexual predators on the Internet can pose a danger to anyone. Adolescents and young adults with intellectual disabilities who can access the Internet are particularly vulnerable because of their naivete and their revealing profiles when they log on. In this article, examples of problems encountered on the Internet and with computers generally are described in six adolescents and young adults with intellectual disabilities. Problems ranged from sexual and emotional victimization, and debt and unrewarding liaisons, to simply getting into trouble.
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Sexual predators on the Internet can pose a danger to anyone. Adolescents and young adults with intellectual disabilities who can access the Internet are particularly vulnerable because of their naivete and their revealing profiles when they log on. In this article, examples of problems encountered on the Internet and with computers generally are described in six adolescents and young adults with intellectual disabilities. Problems ranged from sexual and emotional victimization, and debt and unrewarding liaisons, to simply getting into trouble.
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