Diversity Technology Project Disabilities ED 30104

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Diversity Technology ProjectDisabilitiesED
301-04

• Emily Luster
• Beth Luersman

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Disabilities in the Classroom

• Grade Five
• Lesson Understand and accept people with
  disabilities.

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Objective

• To acquire knowledge on various types of
  disabilities and develop skills to accept those
  with disabilities.

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Materials

• Computer with Internet access
• Paper
• Pencil
• Videos with disability information

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Websites for Kids

• Dyslexia
• Dyslexia is a learning disability some kids have
  with reading and writing. It can make words look
  jumbled. This makes it difficult for a kid to
  read and remember what was read.
• This website is geared towards kids to help them
  understand what dyslexia is and what it is like.

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Websites for Kids

• ADHD
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is the
  impulsive behavior and difficulty paying
  attention in class frequently interferes and
  causes problems.
• This website gives a list of signs and treatment
  options available.

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Websites for Kids

• Autism
• Autism is a developmental disability. Children
  with autism have a problem with part of their
  brain. That means, kids with autism develop
  differently than most other kids. Children with
  autism may also have a different way of seeing,
  hearing, or feeling things.
• This website many links that kids can search for
  information on understanding autism.

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Websites for Kids

• Down Syndrome
• Down Syndrome is a genetic condition that causes
  delays in physical and intellectual development.
  They have certain physical features, such as a
  flatter face, upward slanting eyes, and a
  somewhat larger tongue. They may have medical
  problems, too, such as heart defects. And they
  usually have some mental retardation, which means
  they may have trouble learning.
• This website gives information to kids about what
  
• life is like with down syndrome.

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Websites for Kids

• Blindness and Visual Impairments
• A person who is blind cannot see and whos vision
  cannot be corrected. Visual Impairment is when a
  person has limited vision and it cannot be
  corrected.
• This website answers questions kids may have
  about blindness and how they function in everyday
  life.

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Activity on Dyslexia

• Students will receive handouts with jumbled
  phrases and they will have to decode them.

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Activity on ADHD

• Have a speaker come in and describe ADHD in
  detail. Then have students write a short story
  on how they think it would be to have ADHD.

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Activity on Autism

• Have ten boxes with objects in them and have
  students put gloves on and see if they can pick
  the object up and identify what the object is.
• Autism Awareness Ribbon

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Activity on Down Syndrome

• Have a speaker come in that has down syndrome to
  talk about what their life is like and give
  students a chance to ask questions.

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Activity on Blindness and Visual Impairments

• Blindfold students and have them create ice-cream
  sundaes. This activity will show students what
  it is like to be blind.

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Famous People with Dyslexia

• Tom Cruise Orlando Bloom

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Famous People with ADHD

• Jim Carrey Will Smith

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Famous People with Autism

• Albert Einstein Thomas Jefferson

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Famous People with Down Syndrome

• Chris Burke

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Famous People Who are Blind

• Helen Keller Stevie Wonder

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Support Groups

• Dyslexia Support Group
• ADD/ADHD Online Support Group
• Autism Support Groups
• The National Down Syndrome Society
• About Senses Foundation