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Students with Disabilities

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This is an activity to help people understand more what it means to have a disability.
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===Objectives===

The objective of this activity is to get students to gain an understanding of how it would be to have a disability. Students will also gain insight into how to work with students with disabilities.

===Group Size===
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* [[Category:Medium]][[:Category:Medium| Medium]]
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===Materials===

• 2 pairs of sunglasses<BR>
• Vaseline<BR>
• Needle<BR>
• Thread<BR>
• Station Handouts Copied<BR>
• A bag of Blow Pop Suckers<BR>
• Wheelchair/Crutches (If Possible)<BR>
• “Speech Disability” Handout (One per participant)<BR>
• “Vision Problem” Handout<BR>
• “Person First” Handout (One per participant)<BR>
• “Learning Disability” Handout (One per particpant)

===Set Up===

Set up the following stations before the students come to participate:<BR><BR>

Vision Disability<BR>
Station 1:<BR>
This station should have a pair of sunglasses with Vaseline on the lenses and a needle and thread.<BR><BR>
Station 2:<BR>
This station should have the “Vision Problem” handout along with the glasses.<BR><BR>
Speech Disability<BR>
Station 3:<BR>
This station should have the bag of suckers and a copy of the “Speech Disability” Handout.<BR><BR>
Mobility Disability<BR>
Station 4:<BR>
This station should have a wheelchair/crutches.<BR><BR>
Learning Disability<BR>
Station 5:<BR>
This station should have the Learning disability handout.<BR>

===Directions===

The students should be divided up into five groups and rotate around through the stations. Each station should have a direction sheet, which is included in this lesson. The facilitator should have the students go to each station and read the directions and do the activity for 5 minutes and then rotate.
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NOTE: If you are working with a large group you may create double stations, which would allow more students to participate.

===Debrief===

Pull the group back together after everyone had done all the stations and ask some of the following questions:<BR>
# "What did you think of the exercise?”
# “What did you like about the exercise?”
# “What did you dislike about the exercise?”
# “What was the most challenging part of the exercise?”
# “Did you learn anything from this exercise?”
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