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Barbora Bazalová, Dana Zámečníková Veronika Včelíková, and Pavla Pitnerová

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Figure 1 The Use of ICT and Digital Assistive Technologies in Education
Braille or other information accessibility for children with visual impairments
describes Hunt (1). Promoting productivity and school achievement and
motivation to continue working discuss Parette & Peterson-Karlan (7) or
Svensson et al. (19).
In the Czech Republic, computers began to appear in schools gradually
and slowly in the 198s. The first systemic integration of computers into edu-
cation came in 1 under the name ‘Internet for Schools’.

Digital Education in Inclusion
The application of ICT in inclusive education widens the role of special edu-
cation teachers. Červenka et al. (3) define special education teachers as
mediators with many roles.
The technology used in schools to educate students with diverse needs
brings certain benefits; for example, it reduces the risk of social exclusion. As-
sistive, information, and communication technologies can facilitate or enable
these students to access specific sources of information that would otherwise
be difficult or unavailable to them. Digital technologies also allow or facili-
tate communication. The use of a combination of hardware + software + the
Internet can provide students with diverse needs (physical, communicative,
perception, psychical, etc.) with a connection with the outside world that
would otherwise be limited or downright impossible.
Students with disabilities have difficulty participating in the classroom be-
cause of limitations (disabilities) that result from the nature of their disability
(physical limitations, visual or hearing impairments, intellectual disabilities
or cognitive impairments, impaired communication skills, autism spectrum
disorders, etc.). These limitations can be alleviated (even if only partially) by
the use of the necessary compensatory aids, the appropriate use of modern

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