University of Illinois Special Education Department Head Micki Ostrosky says masks will create a whole new set of challenges in the classroom for younger learners with disabilities.
“When you have a mask on, for children with special needs, it may be more difficult to hear if they rely on teachers’ expressions to understand what they’re saying, as well as their lips,” the professor says. “Children who are learning language to see how we form words and sounds – that’s going to be much more difficult.”
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