Digital Technology for Learners with Disabilities
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Digital Technology, Learning of Children with Disabilities, Children with DisabilitiesAbstract
Thailand has adopted an Act on Promotion and Development of the Quality of Life of Persons with Disabilities (No. 2), B.E. 2556. (Empowerment of persons with disabilities act, B.E. 2550 (2007) and amendment (No. 2), B.E. 2556 (2013), 2013) and the Education for Persons with Disabilities Act, B.E. 2551 (Education provision for persons with disabilities act, B.E. 2551 (2008), 2008). Statutes that are used as guidelines for promoting and developing human resources in many dimensions, These, give the rights of children with disabilities in medical care, educational opportunities, social participations and work. The Ministry of Education has a policy to promote learning for children with disabilities to receive the same educational management as children without disabilities. Moreover, the ministry of education provides children with disabilities the rights to receive educational assistance services since the first found disabilities or at birth with disabilities. In addition, children with disabilities will also receive media, and educational facilities and services which are specified in the Education for Persons with Disabilities Act. Therefore, the promote of learning for children with disabilities should be aware of the appropriateness in many dimensions. The media and facilities that will be provided for children have to the acceptance and consent from parents of children with disabilities. The children with disabilities should be served based on their willingness and their beneficial. Joy Smiley Zabala (Zabala, 2021) who specializes in the management of special education in the United States of America. suggested implementation of SETT Framework. This frame work is a Framework for creating medias that is focused on child-centered concept. The SETT Framework has four principles that should be considered: Student (S) refers to the characteristics of a student, Environment (E) in which the student learns and do any activity, Tasks (T) required to tasks or activities arranged for children to do, and Tools (T) refers to tools that enables the student to actively engage in the tasks in the environments.
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