Being creative and expressing oneself are extremely important to any young child. Art activities contribute to written, spoken, and gestural communication and enhance social development.
Children communicate ideas and feelings through drawing, movement, and song.
Unfortunately, young children with disabilities many times are not given opportunities to participate in art activities. Fortunately, all children can have successful experiences in expressive arts, using technology with developmentally appropriate, activity-based, and integrated activities. Using technology to help a child with disabilities participate in art activities offers benefits, as indicated by the results of the The Expressive Arts Project, a model demonstration project geared towards young children with disabilities While participating in ArtExpress , the curriculum created by the Expressive Arts Project, children at field test sites increased their skill levels in communication, social, motor, and cognitive areas related to their IEP goals. Activities used were similar to those found in most regular and inclusion classrooms. Data from the Expressive Arts Project demonstrates that children with disabilities follow the same developmental progression as children without disabilities.