Nusantara Journal of Behavioral and Social Science
Vol. 5 No. 3 (2026)

Artificial Intelligence: A Transformative Solution to Educational Accessibility Issues for Learners with Special Needs

Ajibade Isaac Olufisayo (Special Education Department University of Ibadan, Nigeria)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Aug 2026

Abstract

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is creating new opportunities to improve educational accessibility for learners with special needs and disabilities. However, barriers such as inaccessible learning materials, communication difficulties, inflexible instruction, inadequate assistive technologies, limited teacher competence, poor infrastructure, and unequal technology access continue to restrict participation. This paper examines AI as a transformative solution to these challenges, focusing on learners with visual, hearing, intellectual, communication, learning, physical, autism, multiple, and emotional or behavioural disabilities. It discusses applications including computer vision, speech recognition, adaptive learning, intelligent tutoring, natural language processing, generative AI, personalised learning, and AI-supported assessment. Despite its potential to improve accessibility, communication, engagement, and independence, concerns remain regarding bias, privacy, affordability, infrastructure, and ethical governance. The paper advocates human-centred, inclusive, and equitable AI implementation.

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njbss

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Humanities Education Public Health Social Sciences Other

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Nusantara Journal of Behavioral and Social Science (NJBSS) targets all the current and future prospective of research in the behavioral and social sciences. The journal accepts all types of articles such as research articles, case reports, reviews, commentary and short communications etc., ...