Empowering K–12 Students With Disabilities to Learn Computational Thinking and Computer Programming

More and more, K-12 schools are integrating computing and computer science into the general curriculum. Special educators are increasingly finding themselves providing support to students with disabilities who are learning computing along with their peers. Unfortunately, computing is an area in which many special educators feel unequipped to provide instruction that is accessible to students with disabilities. This manuscript provides practical evidence-based strategies for instructing students with disabilities in computing education along with a vignette and multiple examples to help teachers who have limited or no experience with computing.