ERIC Number: EJ1323869
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 12
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Remote Learning, COVID-19, and Children with Disabilities
AERA Open, v7 n1 Jan-Dec 2021
While the COVID-19 pandemic affected the education of nearly all schoolchildren worldwide, pandemic-related school closures did not affect all children in equal ways. Between March and August, 2020, I interviewed 31 parents of children with disabilities as part of a larger interview study of U.S. parents of children in grades K-12. In this article, I analyze these parents' narratives about their families' experiences of pandemic-related remote learning to identify the particular challenges children with disabilities and their families faced with remote learning. I find that most, but not all, families struggled with remote learning, both when children's specific needs while learning at home differed from their needs at school, and when schools failed to provide adequate accommodations and services remotely. These narratives demonstrate how children with disabilities are particularly vulnerable to the type of large-scale systemic shock to U.S. public education that the pandemic has presented.
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Students with Disabilities, Parent Attitudes, Student Needs, Barriers, Distance Education, Online Courses, Access to Education, At Risk Students, Public Education, Coping, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Technology, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Equal Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Rehabilitation Act 1973 (Section 504); Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act 2004
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Data File: URL: https://doi.org/10.3886/E152781V1
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