From Hong Kong to Malaysia and India, how online learning failed special needs students during the Covid-19 pandemic

In India, a child with ADHD screams at the computer in front of him, frustrated to the point of seizure. In Malaysia, a child with autism stares blankly at the on-screen face of a teacher he once knew but can no longer recognise. In Hong Kong, a single mother of five special needs children breaks down in despair at the closure of schools. In the Philippines, a 12-year-old boy quietly attempts to hang himself, for the third time.These snapshots of post-Covid life – as relayed by educators across…

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