Parenting Journal · Volume 3 · Issue 1 · Licensed source edition
Generative AI use and social disparities in pediatric rehabilitation: a cross-sectional study of ChatGPT use among parents of children with speech and language disorders in Türkiye
Originally published 2026-06-08 · Frontiers in Public Health
Frontiers Media SA · DOI 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1817290 ↗
AI / system type
Generative AI/LLM; parent ChatGPT-use survey
Direct parenting evidenceDirectly addresses parents or caregiving, including parent studies, syntheses and audits of parenting advice.
The AI connection
Examines parental ChatGPT use for a child’s speech/language disorder.
Why this reading matters
Direct parent-specific evidence on GenAI adoption and disparities in rehabilitation.
Editorial reading guide · Collaboration
How can I bring AI-generated rehabilitation questions into a productive discussion with my child’s therapist?
Maps to Collaboration through how AI information seeking intersects with formal speech-language therapy and unequal access.
Study context
204 parents in Türkiye recruited through online parent networks
Age / stage: Parents aged 18+; children with speech/language disorders
Read with three questions
- How was ChatGPT information seeking measured?
- Which social differences were associated with use?
- Why can therapy attendance associations not show replacement or benefit?
Keep the limits in view
Online selected sample, self-report and cross-sectional design; no verification of AI advice quality or causal effect on therapy engagement or child communication.
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Agit Şimşek; Zehra Güneş (2026). Generative AI use and social disparities in pediatric rehabilitation: a cross-sectional study of ChatGPT use among parents of children with speech and language disorders in Türkiye Frontiers in Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1817290
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