Using Technology to Enhance Learning for Students with Physical Disabilities and Other Health Impairments
Using Technology to Enhance Special Education
ISBN: 978-1-80262-652-0, eISBN: 978-1-80262-651-3
Publication date: 2 February 2023
Abstract
In this chapter, we discuss the use of technology to enhance learning for students with physical disabilities and other health impairments. In recent years, there has been significant growth in numbers, diversity, and academic orientation of persons with physical disabilities and other health impairments; therefore, it is incumbent on special educators to adopt and use appropriate emerging innovative technology to enhance student learning. Impactful laws (Americans with Disabilities Act [ADA], Every Student Succeeds Act, Individuals with Disability Education Act, and Title II of ADA) provide impetus for advancing the policies on the use of technology by students with physical disabilities and other health impairments in the United States. The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Standards also guide the development of educators' digital literacies and pedagogical practices that will harness technology for student learning. This chapter is organized around the ISTE Standards, US Department of Education policies, and the use of technology to aid students with physical disabilities and other health impairments.
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Citation
Asola, E., Grant, M. and Hodge, S.R. (2023), "Using Technology to Enhance Learning for Students with Physical Disabilities and Other Health Impairments", Bakken, J.P. and Obiakor, F.E. (Ed.) Using Technology to Enhance Special Education (Advances in Special Education, Vol. 37), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 215-231. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0270-401320230000037013
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2023 Eugene Asola, Matthew Grant and Samuel R. Hodge. Published under exclusive licence by Emerald Publishing Limited