Palestinian Scholar Uses Games in Project to Build Mentally Disabled Students’ Skills
Palestinian Scholar Uses Games in Project to Build Mentally Disabled Students’ Skills
Palestinian Scholar Uses Games in Project to Build Mentally Disabled Students’ Skills
September 17, 2022
By Amr EL-Tohamy
Summary
The students participated in her training program of 20 sessions that aimed to develop their skills in arithmetic, language, concentration, differentiation, and remembering.
Palestinians with disabilities face many difficulties in their studies because of a lack of services and equipment at most schools and universities, said Laith Hammad, a second-year business administration student at Birzeit University who has disabilities.
"Most Palestinian universities are not that well-equipped for the education of students with disabilities," said Hammad, who with others is seeking to form a committee to advocate for the rights of students with disabilities at Palestinian universities and to facilitate their mobility there.
"Moreover, the buildings are not adapted to their needs. They also lack interest in adopting ways to integrate students with special needs into the university community through various activities."
Hammad said that most Palestinian university students with disabilities belong to the middle class and cannot afford the cost of private transportation to reach their universities.
It provides Braille books and wheelchairs, as well as volunteer students to help students with disabilities move around and write down their answers in exams and lectures, he said.
The group supports special needs students in all aspects of their university experience, including helping them with test-taking, research tasks, campus mobility, and getting involved in field trips.
Reference
EL-Tohamy, A. (2022, September 17). Palestinian scholar uses games in project to build mentally disabled students' skills. Retrieved September 26, 2022, from https://www.al-fanarmedia.org/2022/09/palestinian-scholar-uses-games-in-project-to-build-mentally-disabled-students-skills/