Health and Disability Chat Room

Author: Ian C. Langtree - View Credentials
Published: 4 Feb 2009 - Updated: 25 Aug 2024
Publication Type: Informative

Table of Contents:
Synopsis - Overview - Related Content

Synopsis

Health and disability chat rooms for the disabled and people with disabilities to discuss news and health issues.

Overview

The disability chat room is for persons with disabilities, caregivers, and those wishing to discuss disability and health issues or seeking support.

The chat rooms are open to users over 18 years and are primary for disability and health related subjects for those seeking support and companionship.

If you are seeking information, depressed, bed ridden and bored, confined to the house, or maybe in hospital with Internet access and nothing to do, you'll meet a lot of new friends in our chat rooms. Chatting to people in similar circumstances and sharing experiences with other men and women from around the world can often help alleviate anxiety and depression as you realize you are not alone, and many others also feel the same way and suffer similar pain that you maybe feeling.

Please Note

• The information and any advice published or made available through the Disabled World web site including our chat rooms is not intended to replace the services of a physician, nor does it constitute a doctor-patient relationship.
• As these chat rooms are used by patients in hospitals, retirement homes, and rehab centers around the world you are required use language and chat topics consistent with community standards.
• It is a condition of entry to our chat rooms that you first read our Chat Rules.

Current Chat Room Status

The Chat Room is currently closed.

Author Credentials: Ian C. Langtree is a writer, editor, and the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Disabled World, which he established in 2004 as one of the longest-running independent resources for disability news and information. Over more than two decades, he has written and edited thousands of articles on disability rights, health, accessibility, and assistive technology. Drawing on a global perspective shaped by extensive travel and lived experience, Ian is a committed advocate of the Social Model of Disability, the framework developed by disabled activists in the 1970s that focuses on removing societal barriers rather than on individual impairments. His writing is grounded in that framework and in a lasting commitment to disability rights, accessibility, and social inclusion. To learn more about Ian's background, expertise, and accomplishments, visit his full biography.