Comparison Of Awareness Of Special Educators Regarding Persons With Disabilities Act, 1995

The present investigation is meant to compare the awareness of different categories of special educators about persons with disabilities act, 1995(PWD Act 1995). Normative Survey Method was adopted for the study. The sample consisted of 149 Special Educators belonging to Hearing Impaired (HI), Visually Impaired (VI), Mentally Challenged (MC), and Orthopedically Handicapped (OH), from four Districts of Kerala viz-Alappuzha, Calicut, Ernakulam and Kottayam. The sample was selected using stratified sampling technique. To collect data required for the study, an awareness questionnaire on persons with disabilities act, 1995 was used. The analysis of the data was carried out by employing appropriate statistical techniques such as Mean, Standard Deviation, Percentage, ANOVA, and Scheffe’s test. The results revealed that the special educators teaching HI, VI, MC&OH have very low awareness in persons with disabilities act, 1995 and there exist significant differences between and among four groups with respect their level of awareness regarding persons with disabilities act.