In September, the Pew Research Center released a study that found Americans with disabilities are less likely than those without a disability to own a device. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 40 million people in the United States have a disability. But even as majorities of these Americans report having certain 
technologies, the digital divide between those who have a disability and those who do not remains for some devices. Some 62% of adults with a disability say they own a desktop or laptop computer, compared with 81% of those without a disability, according to a Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults conducted Jan. 25-Feb. 8, 2021. And when it comes to smartphone ownership, there is a gap of 16 percentage points between those with a disability and those without one (72% vs. 88%).
