title: Internet Safety Issues for Adolescents and Adults with Intellectual Disabilities.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Research on Internet safety for adolescents has identified several important issues including unwanted exposure to sexual material and sexual solicitation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Although individuals with intellectual disabilities often have poor insight and judgment, and may therefore be at risk for Internet dangers, there is surprisingly little published on this topic.
  
  
  RESULTS
  To illustrate Internet dangers that adolescents and adults with intellectual disabilities may face, we report composite case vignettes, based on actual clinical cases of adolescents and adults with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We encourage clinicians to discuss Internet safety in their practice and provide recommendations for future research subjects.
authors.affiliation: The Dalglish Family 22q Clinic, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Petra C M
authors.initials: PCM
authors.lastname: Buijs
authors.affiliation: The Dalglish Family 22q Clinic, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Department of Psychiatry and Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Clinical Genetics Research Program, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Boot
authors.affiliation: Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shugar
authors.affiliation: The Dalglish Family 22q Clinic, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Department of Psychiatry and Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Wai Lun Alan
authors.initials: WLA
authors.lastname: Fung
authors.affiliation: The Dalglish Family 22q Clinic, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Department of Psychiatry and Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Clinical Genetics Research Program, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Anne S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Bassett
keywords: 22q11.2 deletion syndrome; Internet safety; adolescents; adults; intellectual disabilities; social media