Digital Initiative for Children with Disabilities

The coronavirus pandemic has severely affected many sectors of life all across the world. Children’s education is one of the sectors which has been affected the most. Since last year, schools have shut down, and students have to attend online classes from home. However, the schools for children with special needs have remained shut for over one and a half years now. These special children suffer from loneliness, boredom and just like any other child, they crave to study again. But accessing online education all by themselves becomes a challenge for these children and their parents, especially those who live in rural areas. Trouble for Special Children in Accessing Online Education One of the major issues for special children to gain access to education is that the internet connectivity in rural areas is relatively poor. On top of that, disabled children are not treated with adequate care or attention compared to children in urban areas. The parents remain busy with their wor...