Special Education is a form of education and rehabilitation for children and adults with disorders.

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Special Education is a form of education and rehabilitation for children and adults with disorders. It is appropriate for conditions where disease or damage to the central nervous system affects a person's ability to control movement. In childhood these conditions include cerebral palsy and dyspraxia, and in adulthood, Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy and those who have had a stroke or head injury. This education as the name suggests, is an educational approach. Its aim is to help children and adults with motor disorders learn to overcome problems of movement as a way of enabling them to live more active and independent lives.It may be provided, in age-appropriate adaptations, for people of all ages and whatever the age at which the condition began, from the first years of life right across the age-span to the frailty of old age.

Due to the frequent close mutual dependence of children and adults with motor disorders and their families, the benefits of Conductive Education may be experienced as strongly by family careers as by those directly involved In addition to improvements in bodily control, parents, adult service-users and their families frequently report on an increase in confidence, motivation and general well-being. The combination of these can often lead to the successful management of and participation in a wide range of social and personal situations Due to the frequent close mutual dependence of children and adults with motor disorders and their families, the benefits of special education may be experienced as strongly by family careers as by those directly involved.

In adulthood, special education is provided for people who have experienced a range of conditions, including Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis and the after-effects of head injuries and strokes. In childhood, the most commonly served conditions are the cerebral palsies.The fundamental thing is to address problems that may arise from motor disorders as problems of learning, coupled with an underlying assumption that everyone is capable of learning if appropriately taught; problems of learning are therefore construed as problems of teaching. There may be potentially many procedures through which to address such problems.

The main aim of imparting the knowledge is to make the physical challenged people able to lead a normal life like others. Various organizations and volunteers have been joining hands to provide the education to the people. The whole process is based upon the strategies that are followed step by step and they are implemented in the right direction. The physically challenged people are made aware by holding direct contact programs with them. Short duration courses which are specially meant for the deaf or blind students can help them in long run.