Disability Simulations

Cynthia L. LloydIndiana University of

PennsylvaniaSpring 2005

Essential Question How does having a disability affect

learning and adolescence?

Pros and Cons to Simulations

Attention Deficits Activity: Visual

Activity: Auditory

Autism/Asperger’s Syndrome Activity: Hand

writing

Activity: Audio

Schizophrenia Video Simulation

Speech/Language Disorders My hat is on the desk.

Sounds like “My at ith on the dethk.”

The rabbit is in the sun. Sounds like “The wabbit ith in the

thun.”

Learning Disabilities

Reading Activity: Video

Writing Activity: Write a

short paragraph

Write a short essay, description, or story based on the photograph below. Please limit what you write to the space provided -- three or four sentences; about 100 words.

As you write, keep these important rules in mind:

Place the three words with which you want to begin each sentence at the end of that sentence, without otherwise changing word order.

Use "on" in place of "an" and "an" in place of "on" wherever you write those letter combinations (within words or alone).

Place your concluding sentence at the top of the page.

Without otherwise changing the spelling, place the letter "h" to the right of the letter "T" in all words that begin with "T" and to the left of the "t" in all words that end with "t."

Mathematics Activity: Using

basic facts

Essential Question How does having a disability affect

learning and adolescence?

Resources Title: AustismSpeaks.Org URL:http://autismspeaks.org/autism/index.asp

Description: More information about autism.

Title: Misunderstood Minds URL:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/misunderstoodminds/intro.htmlDescription: Attention Deficit, Learning Disabilities

Title: Simulations URL: http://www.pediatricneurology.com/adhd2.htm

Description: Aspererger’s Syndrome, Learning Disabilities

Resources Title: Speechville Express URL: http://www.speechville.com/

Description: Resources for communication impairment/disorder.

Title: The Sights and Sounds of Schizophrenia URL:

http://www.npr.org/programs/atc/features/2002/aug/schizophrenia/Description: Schizophrenia

Title: The Wrong Message URL:

http://www.raggededgemagazine.com/archive/aware.htmDescription: Why using simulations is wrong.