1. Disability and History and Awareness Month, October, 2017

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PLEASE GO TO THE ABOVE WEBSITE AND SCROLL DOWN TO THE BOTTOM TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH OUR POWERPOINT. AT THE END OF THE LESSON YOU WILL BE ASKED TO BLOG ALONG WITH YOUR CLASSMATES, TEACHERS, AND ADMINISTRATION!

3. With your teacher, discuss what you think this means?

4. Did you know Diabetes is considered a disability??? Can you see diabetes?
OTHER HEALTH IMPAIRED
IDEA lists a number of different chronic health problems as possible reasons for the other health impairment label, including asthma, attention deficit disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, diabetes, epilepsy, cardiac conditions, hemophilia, leukemia, rheumatic fever, sickle cell anemia, and nephritis.

5. Also considered disabilities…
1. Deafness  2. Emotional Disturbance   3. Hearing Impairment  4. Orthopedic Impairment  5. Other Health Impairment  6. Speech or Language Impairment  7. Traumatic Brain Injury  8. Visual Impairment (including Blindness)
Also considered disabilities…

6. VISUAL IMPAIRMENT????
That means that people who have to wear glasses are considered, by the law, to have a disability.
 Would you treat someone different,
or make fun of them just because they wore glasses or
had diabetes??

7. KIDS WHO ARE DIFFERENT
Here's to the kids who are different, The kids who don't always get A's, The kids who have ears twice the size of their peers', And noses that go on for days . . .
Here's to the kids who are different, The kids they call crazy or dumb, The kids who don't fit, with the guts and the grit, Who dance to a different drum . . .
Here's to the kids who are different, The kids with the mischievous streak, For when they have grown, as history's shown, It's their difference that makes them unique.
by Digby Wolfe.

8. Click on Start a Conversation at the top and blog!!!
How can I be more accepting of students with disabilities? What specifically can I do to accept students with disabilities? How can I help if a student with disabilities is being bullied?` Would I treat a student with autism the same as a student that has to wear glasses?