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Disability Awareness Activity

This activity is used to build awareness of the challenges people with disabilities face. It can be used with regular education students, parents, other teachers, or your special education students. I have done this activity at faculty meetings, parent nights, with large groups (150 kids), and individual students. It has great impact on their views of others. Please feel free to email me if you need more help setting up this activity.
Below are all the handouts, student worksheets, web links, paper materials, and information you would need to run this simulation. Keep in mind that the teacher assignment also lists
disability_awareness.doc
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disability_awareness_teacher_assignment.doc
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disability_awareness_activity_materials.docx
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disability_descriptions.docx
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autism_cards.docx
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color_words.docx
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dis_aware_ws__ms.doc
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dsylexia_imitation.doc
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types_of_ld.doc
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speech_hearing_simulation.docx
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Links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plPNhooUUuc

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/misunderstoodminds/

http://www.dvusd.org/cms/lib07/AZ01901092/Centricity/Domain/1318/Disability%20Awareness%20Packet%202.pdf

http://www.understood.org/en/tools/through-your-childs-eyes
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