1. Disability Awareness Day
An Interactive Presentation
By: Lynsie Pouliot
Ed 205-02
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2. Why be aware?
• With every new year, more children are being born
with some form of disability. There is at least one
child with a form of disability in every school.
Educating children at a young age about different
disabilities will increase tolerance and acceptance
of those who are different. When people do not
know anything about specific disabilities, they
unfortunately make false assumptions and lower
their expectations of what those people can do.
This needs to change so everyone can have an
equal chance at this world.
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3. Home Page
Why be aware?
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Autism
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Blind
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Cerebral Palsy
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Deaf
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Down Syndrome
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Dwarfism
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Accessibility for All
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Author’s Page
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Resources
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4. Autism
•Autism is a complex neurobiological
disorder (in other words, parts of the
brain are not functioning correctly and
it causes a person to have trouble
communicating and to relate with
others).
Autistic boy with
assistant dog
•Click on the screen to watch a
video about a girl with Autism.
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5. Blind
•When a person is blind, it means they use
The black dots are raised up and the
different ways to accomplish the same white dots are not. You feel which
thing that a sighted person can do using dots are raised up to tell what letter
eyesight. it is.
•People also use the terms “vision
impaired” or “low vision” in place of blind,
because around only 20% of blind people
are totally blind.
•Most blind people have some remaining
H E L O
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vision.
•To read and write, blind people use the
Braille system. It was created by a
Frenchman named Louis Braille in 1821.
•Braille uses a rectangular cell of 6 dots
that are raised and lowered to make
letters, numbers, and symbols.
Watch a video to see
how the blind can tell
the difference between
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dollar bills

6. Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral palsy (CP) happens when a
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person cannot control muscle
movements in their body, because the
part of the brain that controls muscle
movements does not work properly
CP varies greatly from one child to
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another. they can have epilepsies,
mental impairments, learning
disabilities, and attention-
deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),
or just one of these effects
Two-thirds of children with CP will be
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mentally impaired
A child with CP can live to have a
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near-normal adult life
Some may require crutches or a wheel
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chair to move around, while others
can walk on their own
An estimated 800,000 people have CP
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in the United States
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7. Deaf
International Symbol of
Deaf/Hard of Hearing
Click on the screen to
see a video of the
alphabet in American
Sign Language (ASL)
•When a person is deaf (or hard of hearing), it
means they do not have the ability to detect
or understand most sounds.
•A person can be born with hearing loss or it
can happen later in life due to illnesses or
accidents
•To communicate with the world, those who
are deaf use Sign Language
•Sign Language is when a person uses hand
motions to form words and phrases.
•They can simply write messages to
communicate with others also
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8. Down Syndrome
• Down syndrome is a
condition that causes delays
in physical and learning
development
• People with down syndrome
are more similar to everyone
else than they are different
• A person can only be born
with it, you cannot get it later
on in life
• 1 baby in every 800 births
have down syndrome
• People with down syndrome
do have many talents and
gifts to be recognized
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9. Dwarfism
• Dwarfism is when a person is
of short stature
• They are typically under 5 feet
tall when full grown
• There is over 200 different
kinds of dwarfism
• There are no mental
impairments connected to
dwarfism
• Some kinds of dwarfism
require corrective surgery,
while other kinds do not need
any medical attention 10-12 year old dwarf girls
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10. Accessibility for All
• Americans with Disabilities
Act (ADA)
– All public owned buildings must
be accessible to all with
physical disabilities.
• So a person in a wheelchair can
access the building, use the
restrooms, and use an elevator
without any assistance
– No employer can deny a job to
a person just because they are
disabled
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11. Author’s Page
• My name is Lynsie Pouliot and I am
a Special Education major at
Grand Valley State University. After
I graduate in April 2012, I will be
teaching special education
anywhere from Kindergarten to 12th
grade. Or I’ll also be able to teach
regular elementary classes.
Educating everyone that being
different is what makes us great, is
my goal in life.
• Email me with any questions or
concerns
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12. Resources
www.teachertube.com
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www.autismspeaks.org
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www.nad.org
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www.nfb.org
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www.nads.org
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www.cerebralpalsy.org
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