Including students with disabilities in the coding classroom

Abstract

This chapter discusses understandings of coding and computational thinking education for students with disabilities. The chapter describes the special education system in the United States, including limitations in how computer science education is made available to students receiving special education services. The chapter then provides a summary of research in computer science education for students with disabilities, including both high-incidence and low-incidence disabilities. A case study of a young student with a mild disability learning in a general education computational thinking program is then presented, and the implications of the case study for future research directions are discussed.