Information Technology, Communication and their Role in Teaching and Learning of Students Suffering from Cerebral Palsy

The huge number of the students having special academic needs is suffering from cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy is a disorder that affects the body’s shape and movement. This terminology is used for those students that have communication, sensory, intelligence and epilepsy problems. Most of these students have poor moving co-ordination which means they cannot have any control over delicate movements of their bodies. Since the students with cerebral palsy have multiple disabilities, not only they need special equipment and facilities, they also need the same methods and equipment that are needed for students suffering from blindness, deafness, speech impediment, learning disability, behavioral disorder or mental retardation. Students suffering from cerebral palsy can learn and achieve success only if proper methods, equipment and information technology are used. In this article, the possibilities of using proper educational information and technology for students suffering from cerebral palsy been explored