International Journal of

Arts , Humanities & Social Science

ISSN 2693-2547 (Print) , ISSN 2693-2555 (Online)
DOI: 10.56734/ijahss
DIGITAL INEQUALITY PROBLEMS OF THE DISABLED DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN TURKEY

Abstract


With the Covid-19 Pandemic, which deeply affects the whole World, the increase in digital inequalities that have become more visible and even turned out a new obstacle itself is the starting point of this research. In this context, the main problem of the research is that with the Covid-19 Pandemic, digital inequalities have become a new field in the struggle with the difficulties experienced by disabled people. The main purpose of this study is to reveal that the experiences of some professional basketball players with disabilities in the Pandemic process mean for them along with digital inequality. In this research based on Grounded Theory methodology, selective coding was done after open and axial coding. In the selective coding phase of the study, based on the statements of the participants, it was decided that the core concept was 'accessibility'. Because it has been observed that individuals with disabilities have limited access to both social and digital life, so their life experiences gradually separate from the society and lead to their isolation. As the last stage of the Grounded Theory, the disabled are narrated through the sailing ship, the pandemic wind and digitalization through the sea metaphor.