Educating Person With Disabilities In Post Covid – 19 Era: Issues And Implications To Theory And Practice Of Special Education

Abstract

The emergence of COVID-19 pandemic has fashioned an unprecedented humanitarian crisis in Nigeria. While the pandemic threatens every person in the country, it is significantly impacting millions of people with disabilities negatively in term of communication approaches, methods and strategies of teaching, which is compounded with their pre-existing condition. This paper highlights the consequential impacts of COVID-19 pandemic, as it affects the new normal (post COVID-19) on education of people with disabilities in Nigeria viz other support services, educational provisions and services. It also presents the COVID-19 impact on the education of people with disabilities and its implications to special education practice in Nigeria. The paper proffers recommendations for government and stakeholders to respond to these challenges both now and in the future in harnessing a full inclusion and consideration of persons with disabilities in planning and formulation of COVID-19 response.