Comcast's Internet Essentials delivers low-cost broadband to people with disabilities

Of the more than 56 million people in the US who have a disability, many haven't been able to afford service or have lacked the digital training to access the internet. The result is that Americans with disabilities are three times more likely than those without a disability to say they never go online. When compared with those who don't have a disability, disabled adults are roughly 20 percentage points less likely to say they subscribe to home broadband and own a traditional computer, a smartphone or a tablet. What this means for people with disabilities is that they often miss out on the benefits and opportunities that high-speed internet connectivity affords the rest of the population. This includes losing out on educational and employment opportunities. And it means not being able to take advantage of medical advances, like access to remote monitoring or other advances in health care because they do not have access to the internet.