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PatchWorx: Connecting Unhealthy and Disabled Children in an Online Community

Department of Language, Literature and Communication, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York and Corporate Communications, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, Wisconsin

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Abstract

PatchWorx (PatchWorx, Inc., Menlo Park, CA) is a nonprofit Web-based community for young people facing illness and disability (http://www.patchworx.org). Teresa Middleton, founder and president of PatchWorx, Inc., believes the PatchWorx online community helps children develop the skills necessary for them to successfully cope with their illnesses. Through computer-mediated communication (CMC) via the PatchWorx Web site, children practice information seeking, problem solving and proactively finding social support.