Discussion Questions
The writers give some examples of the difficulties that people
with physical disabilities face.
1. Which
of these do you think exists in Abu Dhabi?
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2. Which
do you think would be the most difficult?
People taking Handicap Park.
3. Is
there anything we can do to help educate people to avoid these happening in
future?
To give lessons about
handicap people and how we can offer to help them.
4. Can you
think of any other problems that people with disabilities face?
People who can’t think
properly, will need lots of help from other people around them.
Look at the list of disabilities from the link below and
complete the chart for any 5 of the disabilities:
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Name of Disability
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Typical Characteristics
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Considerations and Instructional Strategies
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Blindness/Low Vision
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· "Totally blind" students learn via
Braille or other nonvisual media.
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· If needed, introduce yourself at the
beginning of a conversation and notify the student when you are exiting the
room.
|
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Brain Injuries
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Highly
individual; brain injuries can affect students very differently. Depending on
the area(s) of the brain affected by the injury, a student may demonstrate
difficulties
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· Brain injury can cause physical, cognitive,
behavioural, and/or personality changes that affect the student in the short
term or permanently.
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Deaf/Hard of Hearing
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Deaf or hard of hearing students may:
· be skilled lip readers, but many are not;
only 30 to 40 percent of spoken English is distinguishable on the mouth and
lips under the best of conditions
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· American Sign Language (ASL) is not
equivalent to English; it is a visual-spatial language having its own syntax
and grammatical structure.
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Learning Disabilities
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Difficulties may be seen in one or more of
the following areas:
· oral and/or written expression
· reading comprehension and basic reading
skills
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nstructors
who use a variety of instructional modes will enhance learning for students
with learning disabilities. A multi-sensory approach to teaching will
increase the ability of students with different functioning learning
channels—auditory, visual and/or haptic (hands-on)—to benefit from
instruction.
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Psychiatric Disabilities
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Psychiatric
disabilities refer to a wide range of behavioral and/or psychological
problems characterized by anxiety, mood swings, depression, and/or a
compromised assessment of reality.
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· Students with psychiatric disabilities may
not be comfortable disclosing the specifics of their disability.
·
· If a student does disclose, be willing to
discuss how the disability affects him or her academically and what
accommodations would be helpful.
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Speech and Language Disabilities
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Speech
and language disabilities may result from hearing loss, cerebral palsy,
learning disabilities, and/or physical conditions.
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· Give students opportunity—but do not compel
speaking in class. Ask students for a cue they can use if they wish to speak.
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Choose one of the disabilities that you discussed above and
think about three possible difficulties that people with this disability might
face: Speech and Language Disabilities
1. Hard to learn
2. Hearing loss
3. Communication problem.
Think
of an action plan for how these problems can be tackled? By Co-operating with
other people, it will help the “Handicap person” to survive and enjoy his life
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