PERCEPTION OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES (STUDYING IN INCLUSIVE SCHOOLS OF DELHI’S NORTH-EAST ZONE) TOWARDS TECHNOLOGICAL DEVICES BEING USED BY THEM

The purpose of this study was to explore the perception of students with disabilities towards technological devices being used by them. This study was conducted in the schools of three educational districts i.e. East, North- East and North of Delhi's North-East Zone. Purposive sampling method was used to select 30 schools (ten schools from each district) from this Zone; further researcher selected 30 students with disabilities from these schools (one student from each school). For this study three types of students with disabilities i.e. visual impairment, hearing impairment, and locomotor impairment were selected. Descriptive survey method was used to collect the data with five points Likert type scale, which was developed by researcher with the help of experts in the field of special education. Frequency, Percentage, Means and Standard Deviationswere used for data analysis. Findings of the study show that students with disabilities have positive perceptions towards technological devices and they believed that these devices are very helpful intheir educational inclusion.