By: Amy Nason, Cheryll Penney and Mallory Pinnock

When you hear the word “Disabled” what first comes to mind?

According to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary the definition of a disability is:

“incapacitated by illness or injury; also: physically or mentally impaired in a way that substantially limits activity especially in relation to employment or education.”

Is this how you view disability? Who is disabled? Who is normal? And who gets to decide?

“I didn’t think of myself as being different”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=cJjRXzFqDRs

Everyone is in this world together and we all should be equal

“Why couldn’t society simply accept me and my face the way I was?”

SeeTie my shoesWalkDo MathRead or Write

Disability, Deficiency, or Normal?

Who Decides?

Challenged... Differently Abled

Your ideas?

My “new” face felt like a mask, something I had been given to wear, but not something that was part of me.

Types of Disabilities

IntellectualPhysicalMentalSensory – Visual, Auditory

Generally, an intellectual disability is defined as having an

IQ score of less than 70

The average IQ score is 100

A round wall clock that has been rotated until it is hanging upside down will have a minute hand that points to your right when it is 2:45

True or False

In a sequence of four words, “triangle, glove, clock, bicycle” corresponds to this sequence

of numbers: 3, 5, 12, 2

True or False

Which of the figures below the line of drawings best completes the series?

Are you normal?

If you didn’t do very well on these 3 questions does that make you “disabled or deficient”?

Are you less than normal?

Be sensitive to the needs of all of their studentsCreate an open, positive space for their students Be aware of exactly what accommodations are

available and what is required to get them to ensure they get the best aid possible. (www.disabledfeminists.com, “How can teachers and professors help students with disabilities?”)

Be pro-active for your students. Look through cumulative files. Talk to parents and previous teachers.

Some Books for you to share...

Don’t forget your students’ strengths!Focus on the positive

YouTube - Disability Discrimination: Job Interview

‘tis but they name that is my enemy...O be some other name!What’s in a name? That which we call a roseBy any other name would smell as sweet.

(Juliet in Romeo and JulietIIii)