It's a wonderful environment for us to keep abreast of the latest developments on our medical conditions, and an easier way for us to socialize. However, I do find that a lot of people that frequent online disability chat rooms aren't exactly up to date in their knowledge of Internet security and how to protect themselves from running into problems online. They tend to frequent the same chat room and get to know the same familiar people and when they venture into a new chat environment they tend to forget how vulnerable they can be and disclose personal facts too easily. Most disabled persons I've run into online do tend to frequent medically based chat environments to do their chatting, and in the majority of cases these chat rooms are fairly safe to participate in. However, because these chat environments are to some degree specialized, they are not as busy as regular chat rooms.
Disabled persons do tend to check out other more popular chat scenes to participate in.
In these other chat environments, our disabilities are hidden from the other users. I would recommend they remain hidden unless you really know a person well. My suggestion would be to visit the CyberAngels Internet Safety Organization . CyberAngels has information and links to everything you've always wanted to know about Internet security and safety. They provide you with the tools you need to protect yourself, and, in the case that you need to be protected, the resources to deal with an online problem.