The article analyzes the results of the testing and introduction of computer technologies in the education system for persons with disabilities (PwD), since the 1980s, by foreign researchers (Australia, Great Britain, the United States, Spain, Korea, the Philippines and Sri Lanka). The authors make an attempt to identify the requirements for various types of computer educational programs for students with disabilities. The authors identified the advantages of using computer technologies in teaching students with disabilities, which include the possibility of implementing an individual approach, strengthening feedback, which is especially necessary in the repetition of the material passed, the possibility of increasing the concentration of students through visual and audio signals, etc. Various forms of computer technologies are actively developed and applied in the modern system of correctional education: presentations, training games, programs using 2D and 3D technologies that contain animation, sound and video support, which greatly facilitates and enriches the process of familiarizing students with developmental disabilities with new material. The authors of the article found that in many countries, despite the active implementation of a variety of computer technologies for teaching people with disabilities, there are problems associated with their high cost and inaccessibility both for teachers of special educational institutions and parents of children with disabilities. In addition, some computer programs do not always take into account the peculiarities of students in this category, since they are mostly developed by programmers who do not possess the necessary theoretical and methodological knowledge.