Looking Into the Future With AI for Special Education

Abstract

Advancements in AI revolutionize learning, automate tasks, and provide insights. During COVID-19, AI connected educators and learners globally, but special education suffered. This chapter aims to define disabilities, explore AI-based diagnosis tools, and envision personalized learning and assistive technology for inclusive education. The lack of affordable and convenient assistive devices and technology combined with taboos stemming from deeply ingrained misconceptions and prejudices, perpetuating stereotypes and marginalizing individuals with disabilities often forces them to live a life devoid of the proper means to engage in schooling for the purpose of attaining an independent lifestyle. The primary objective of the chapter is to define various types of disabilities and consider various AI-based tools for early disability diagnosis, while also looking to the future with personalized learning and AI-based assistive technologies, assisting both learners and educators in achieving the highest level of education.