Diversity Technology Project
Disabilities
ED 301-04
Emily Luster
Beth Luersman

• Grade: Five
• Lesson: Understand and accept people with disabilities.

To acquire knowledge on various types of disabilities and develop skills to accept those with disabilities.

• Computer with Internet access
• Paper
• Pencil
• Videos with disability information

Dyslexia
• Dyslexia is a learning disability some kids have with reading and writing. It can make words look jumbled.
This makes it difficult for a kid to read and remember what was read.
• This website is geared towards kids to help them understand what dyslexia is and what it is like.

ADHD
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is the impulsive behavior and difficulty paying attention in class frequently interferes and causes problems.
• This website gives a list of signs and treatment options available.

Autism
• Autism is a developmental disability. Children with autism have a problem with part of their brain. That means, kids with autism develop differently than most other kids. Children with autism may also have a different way of seeing, hearing, or feeling things.
• This website many links that kids can search for information on understanding autism.

Down Syndrome
• Down Syndrome is a genetic condition that causes delays in physical and intellectual development. They have certain physical features, such as a flatter face, upward slanting eyes, and a somewhat larger tongue. They may have medical problems, too, such as heart defects. And they usually have some mental retardation, which means they may have trouble learning.
• This website gives information to kids about what life is like with down syndrome.

Blindness and Visual Impairments
• A person who is blind cannot see and who’s vision cannot be corrected. Visual Impairment is when a person has limited vision and it cannot be corrected.
• This website answers questions kids may have about blindness and how they function in everyday life.

Students will receive handouts with jumbled phrases and they will have to decode them.

Have a speaker come in and describe
ADHD in detail. Then have students write a short story on how they think it would be to have ADHD.

Have ten boxes with objects in them and have students put gloves on and see if they can pick the object up and identify what the object is.
Autism Awareness Ribbon

Have a speaker come in that has down syndrome to talk about what their life is like and give students a chance to ask questions.

Activity on Blindness and Visual
Impairments
Blindfold students and have them create icecream sundae’s. This activity will show students what it is like to be blind.

Tom Cruise Orlando Bloom

Jim Carrey Will Smith

Albert Einstein Thomas Jefferson

Famous People with Down
Syndrome
Chris Burke

Helen Keller Stevie Wonder

• Dyslexia Support Group
• ADD/ADHD Online Support Group
• Autism Support Groups
• The National Down Syndrome Society
• About Senses Foundation