Living+With+Disabilities+-+Christine+Roe



**K****ids 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.

Digby Wolfe From: []

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">**Essential Question:** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">How would your life be different if you lived with a disability?

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">**Guiding Questions:** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">• What would life be like with mobility impairment? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">• What would life be like with a visual impairment? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">• What would life be like with a hearing impairment? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">• What would life be like with a chronic illness? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">• What would life be like with a learning disability?
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> How would you navigate through your environment?
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> How would your disability affect where you live?
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> How would you be viewed by others?
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> How would you compensate for your disability?
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">How would your disability affect your education?
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">How would your disability affect the way that you could work and provide for your family?
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> How would your disability affect your self-esteem?

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">**Objectives:** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">• To gain an understanding of how living with a physical disability affects the lives of those <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> living with one. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">• To show students that:
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> A disability is only one characteristic of a person.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> Children with disabilities are like all children in that they want friends, respect and to be included.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> Children can be born disabled or become disabled from an accident or illness.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> Just because someone has a physical disability does not mean they necessarily have a cognitive disability.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> Children with disabilities can do many of the things other children do, but it might take them longer. They may need assistance or adaptive equipment to help them.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">(Elbaum, 2010)

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">**Guiding activities:**
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> Students will brainstorm and use Bubbl.us to create a mind map of everything they know about disabilities.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> Students will complete an on-line exploration of disabilities using the following guiding resources.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Create a multi-media presentation educating your peers about what it is like to live with a disability.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">**Guiding Resources:**


 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">//Just Because We Have a DisAbility Doesn't Mean We BYTE!// : []


 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">//Band-Aides and Blackboards: When Chronic Illness ... or Some Other Medical Problem ... Goes to School:// []


 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">//LD Online – Kid Zone//: []


 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">//CDC Kids Quest//: []

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<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">References:

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Elbaum, D. (2010, January 03). Teaching your child about peers with special needs. Retrieved from []

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Starr, L. (1999, May 10). Understanding kids. Retrieved from []