Baumgartner, Antonia Rohrbach, Tobias Schönhagen, Philomen 2021 Digital media have become integral to the everyday life of people with disabilities. So far, research about disability and digital media use is rather scarce and narrowed on issues of accessibility and social media. This paper draws on qualitative interviews with people with visual or motoric impairments to provide an in-depth analysis of their everyday experiences relating to barriers and benefits of digital media. The findings reproduce previously identified barriers and extend these by adding novel sub-aspects of individual cognitive and attitudinal barriers like non-use of digital media due to their (perceived) complexity and a feeling of greater dependence on digital technology. However, the results also shed light on highly individualized ways that people with disabilities actively make use of digital media to improve their daily life. Despite persisting and new barriers, the general findings suggest that, with the appropriate training and support, digital media are largely beneficial. application/pdf https://folia.unifr.ch/global/documents/309281 https://folia.unifr.ch/documents/309281/files/2021_Baumgartner_If.pdf eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1080/09687599.2021.1916884 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess License undefined Disability & Society. - Routledge. - 2021, p. 1-25 General Social Sciences General Health Professions Health (social science) Disability Digital Media Media Use Everyday Life Accessibility info:eu-repo/classification/udc/65 ‘If the phone were broken, I’d be screwed’ : media use of people with disabilities in the digital era http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501