10.2190/SH.4.1-2.e AL04788MK0351U67 4 Obstacles to Creating a New Online Self-Help Group for Parents of Children with Disabilities 55 67 20080613 20080613 20080613 20080613 AL04788MK0351U67.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=AL04788MK0351U67 1 Jonathan O. Crook Center for Integrated Health Care Attempts to create a new online self-help group for parents of children with disabilities encountered technology problems and lack of participation by recruited participants. The quasi-experimental design was abandoned and grounded theory (Straus & Corbin, 1994) was chosen. It was found that participants differed in the amount that they used the discussion board: parents were categorized as major, moderate, minor, or inactive participants. Three applicable learning theories were considered to explain different levels of participation. 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