Week 2 - Creating a New Social Media Platform
ConnectAbility is a brand-new social media platform that was specifically designed for handicapped, physically, and mentally impaired people. This social media platform is intended to unite everyone with ID (intellectual disability). According to Leach (2020), social media is used by 5.07 billion people worldwide, or 62.6 percent of the total population. There are an estimated 590 million handicapped users on social media if we take into account that 20% of the population has a disability (Petrosyan, 2024; Leach, 2020, paras.12 & 13). The proximity of the difference of users of social media might increase gradually, hence potentially fostering a greater digital divide if this scenario continues to occur. This social media platform is designed to connect the intellectually...