Table 1.

Keyword searches conducted on titles and abstracts.

Key concepts	Search terms
Parents/caregivers	parent* OR caregiver* OR carer* OR mother* OR father* AND
Children affected by disability	‘child* disab*’ OR ‘child* disorder*’ OR ‘pediatric disab*’ OR ‘disabled persons’ OR ‘physical disab*’AND
Communication, exchange	communicat* OR experienc* OR challenge* OR connect* OR support* OR exchang* AND
Internet/social media support	Internet* OR online* OR ‘social media*’ OR webs* OR virtual* OR ‘online support’ OR ‘Self-help Groups’ OR Facebook OR Twitter OR WhatsApp OR Reddit OR Instagram OR ‘mobile App*’