New digital media and people with special needs Challenges, opportunities and future visions

This paper examines the relationship of the new digital media with people with special needs and their integration into society, where the research problem was represented in the following main question: What is the role of the new digital media for integrating people with special needs in society? Where the research paper showed the role of the new digital media in reducing the isolation of this category, and clarified the challenges facing traditional media in addressing the issues of this category, and the opportunities offered by digital media to people with special needs in the possibility of integrating them into society, with an indication of the opportunities provided by Egypt Vision 2030 for these The category, and a statement of future visions for them to be active members of the community, where there are no disabled individuals as much as there is a crippling environment, they are capable of differently, and have special abilities.
The results indicated that:
- The reality of addressing the issues of people with special needs in the traditional media is not as required and that there is a failure to address these issues.
- The new digital media has opened new doors for people with special needs, and it has a major role in integrating this category with people with special needs the local, regional and global community, and worked to bring them out of their isolation.
- The new digital media allowed this category to express their own issues that the traditional media could not address.
The research paper recommended, and through what was presented from previous studies, and the facts listed about people with special needs:
- Conducting awareness programs for the community in accordance with Egypt’s 2030 vision towards this category in order to abandon his scorn, ridicule and bullying with this category
- That the community institutions concerned with this category be keen on eradicating the illiteracy of this category and educating it to integrate into society and qualify for work Which suits her abilities and interests in order to deal with new digital media technologies.