Cognizance level of ICT among Children with learning disabilities in Chennai

Technologies like Information and communication technologies (ICT) play a vital role in day-to day's life especially for school students in terms of shaping their knowledge and skills. However, there is a paucity of research has focused on the cognizance (aspect of use and accessibility level) of ICT among young children who have Learning Disability (LD). Therefore, the main aim of this paper is to analyse the cognizance level of ICT on young children in academic and personal development. The study chooses the target population of 75 students of each 25 from normal schools, special schools, and school with remedial centre. The study completely relies on primary data collection method through open and closed ended questionnaire. After data collection, the data analysis was carried out by SPSS. The following tests was carried out include Kruskal-Wallis test and Chi-square test. Study findings show that all the three included types of children are familiar with IT gadgets. For internet access and smart learning, the children from normal schools and schools with remedial centers score the same whereas; it was low in the case of LD children in special schools. With respect to IT gadgets use, all the three groups of young children use games as the majority. Social networking and games did not show any significant difference among three categories, whereas, project and homework showed significant differences among groups in this study. Overall, the study concluded that there is no doubt the accessibility and use of ICT can have a beneficial influence on the education of children with LD.