Children with Special Needs More Vulnerable during Covid-19 Pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic has dealt a major blow to children with special needs and their parents.
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Deva Meiza Pradana, a student with special needs with disabilities, is preparing to take the national exam at the YKK Extraordinary Middle School (SMPLB), Pacitan, East Java, Tuesday (23/4/2019).
JAKARTA, KOMPAS - The Covid-19 pandemic has dealt a major blow to children with special needs and their parents. In addition to facing the risk of being infected with the disease, children with special needs are also prone to learning and emotional disorders because therapy services have to be stopped and distance learning is difficult for them.
The children with special need are vulnerable to contracting Covid-19. In Banjarmasin, for example, a child development clinic requires students and therapists to undergo a swab test before reopening face-to-face therapy classes. As a result, 17 of 24 children tested positive for Covid-19. Some therapists were infected with the disease.