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Examining the Impact of Disability Simulations on Learning and Adolescence

This resource explores the effects of disability simulations on learning and adolescence, discussing pros and cons. It includes activities related to attention deficits, autism/Asperger's syndrome, schizophrenia, speech/language disorders, and learning disabilities. The resource also provides helpful links to websites with more information on these topics.

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Examining the Impact of Disability Simulations on Learning and Adolescence

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  1. Disability Simulations Cynthia L. Lloyd Indiana University of Pennsylvania Spring 2005

  2. Essential Question • How does having a disability affect learning and adolescence?

  3. Pros and Cons to Simulations

  4. Attention Deficits • Activity: Visual • Activity: Auditory

  5. Autism/Asperger’s Syndrome • Activity: Hand writing • Activity: Audio

  6. Schizophrenia • Video Simulation

  7. 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.”

  8. Learning Disabilities

  9. Reading • Activity: Video

  10. Writing • Activity: Write a short paragraph

  11. 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."

  12. Mathematics • Activity: Using basic facts

  13. Essential Question • How does having a disability affect learning and adolescence?

  14. 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.html Description: Attention Deficit, Learning Disabilities • Title: Simulations URL: http://www.pediatricneurology.com/adhd2.htm Description: Aspererger’s Syndrome, Learning Disabilities

  15. 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.htm Description: Why using simulations is wrong.

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