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Article History

Received: 22 July 2024

Accepted: 29 January 2025

First Online: 10 February 2025

Competing interests

: The authors declare no competing interests.

: On April 12, 2023, the Human Participants Ethics Committee of the Special Education College at Leshan Normal University reviewed and approved this study (Approval No. 2023016) in accordance with the ethical standards outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki (5th revision, 2000) and the Institutional Review Board (IRB) guidelines. The approval covers the investigation of the use of information and communication tools among special education teachers in Sichuan Province, the collection of data on their use of these tools in teaching, and the permission to analyze the collected data using statistical measures such as percentages, frequencies, t-tests, and regression analysis.

: The authors declare that on May 18, 2023, the researchers She wanBin and Wu Yan obtained written informed consent from all participants and/or their legal guardians involved in this study. All participants agreed to participate in the survey, to submit their data to the researchers for analysis, and to permit the researchers to publish the collected research data and findings in academic papers. Each participant was fully informed in the questionnaire instructions that: this study aims to promote the use of ICT in special education. The information they provide will be anonymized and stored securely. Only the researcher will have access to and use all collected data. The resulting paper will not include any information that could identify the participants. There is a risk of disclosure of their evaluation perspectives on factors influencing the use of information and communication technology in teaching by special education teachers, but it will not affect their teaching responsibilities, personal development, etc.