Disabilities

Introduction

This Web Quest focuses on the differences and strengths of children with disability's and teaches about tolerance and acceptance. It is incredibly important for children to learn to accept one another from a young age, and this Web Quest aims at opening the discussion about differences in a fun way.

Introduction

Do you know someone who is “different”?

Have you seen someone in the mall or grocery store who wears leg braces?

Did you hear about someone having to stay in a wheelchair his or her whole life?

Have you tried to talk to someone and he or she doesn’t respond?

Did you try to show someone something and he or she can’t see it?

 I'm sure you have! 

 

These differences are called "disabilities". 

dis·a·bil·i·ty

ˌdisəˈbilədē/

noun

a physical or mental condition that limits a person's movements, senses, or activities.

 

 

Task

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Task

Let's play a game! Imagine you have just decided to investigate a career working with kids who have a disability.You are a patient and compassionate person and feel you have much to offer in this field. The only problem is that you don't know what types of jobs there are. You realise you need to learn more about disabilities in general, to help guide your decicions. Below is a list of disabilities and your quest is to choose one disability from the list below and research it.

You may work with a partner and with suggested links, gather facts and/or pictures to create a visual aid (poster) to present in front of the class, along with a 2 – 3 minute presentation that you will hand in, explaining your disability and answer related questions!

 

Asperger’s Syndrome 

http://disabilityresources.org/ASPERGERS.html

Autism

http://disabilityresources.org/AUTISM.html

Bipolar Disorder

http://disabilityresources.org/BIPOLAR.html

Blindness & Visual Impairments

http://disabilityresources.org/BLIND.html

Cerebral Palsy

http://disabilityresources.org/CP.html

Cystic Fibrosis

http://disabilityresources.org/CYSTIC.html

Deafness & Hearing Impairments

http://disabilityresources.org/DEAF.html

Diabetes

http://disabilityresources.org/DIABETES.html

Down Syndrome

http://disabilityresources.org/DOWN.html

Dyslexia

http://disabilityresources.org/DYSLEXIA.html

Learning Disabilities (Choose one)

http://disabilityresources.org/LD.html

MultipleSclerosis

http://disabilityresources.org/MS.html

Muscular Dystrophy

http://disabilityresources.org/MD.html

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

http://disabilityresources.org/OCD.html

Polio

http://disabilityresources.org/POLIO.html

Spina Bifida

http://disabilityresources.org/SPINA.html

Tourette Syndrome

http://disabilityresources.org/TOURETTE.html

 

Process

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Process

Please use this link to get the questions for the process. Answer the questions and take notes as you go through the links. 

https://docs.google.com/a/zips.uakron.edu/document/d/1EHJ-7Lqnco-9KMXsE62MBEwOwYmbvdA2ZDhtj0Jj0I0/edit?usp=sharing

* Most questions will be answered from your main disability link. You may ask the Rescource Teacher for informations about our school.

In addition, here are some other useful links that will help you in your search.

 http://disabilityresources.org.

http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/fleitas/contents.html.

http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/cedir/kidsweb/fpwdinfo.html.

http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/cedir/kidsweb/brailleinfo.html.

http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/cedir/kidsweb/mysteryp.html.

http://disabilityresources.org/INCLUSION.html

http://disabilityresources.org/IDEA.html

http://www.ideapractices.org/law/index.php

http://disabilityresources.org/ADA.html

http://ericec.org/lawguide.html

Evaluation

 

Content/Accuracy

(Handout)

Composition (Handout)

Organization

(Presentation)

Presentation

(Presentation)

5

All questions were answered with accuracy.

No more than 2 errors in spelling and grammar.

Presentation was engaging and interesting at all times.

Students were able to clearly relate the information from the worksheet.

3

Most questions were answered, with few inaccuracies.

No more than 5 errors in spelling and grammar.

Presentation was mostly engaging and interesting.

Students were able to relate most of the information from the worksheet.

1

Few questions were answered, with many inaccuracies.

More than 5 errors in spelling and grammar.

Presentation did not engage the audience at all.

Students did not relate the inforation from the worksheet.

Conclusion

Congratulations!

You have now completed this WebQuest! I hope you had fun and dlearned something new. When I created it I wanted to help each of you learn something more about people with disabilities, and maybe even learn about yourself? As you move on, I want you to remeber that each person is different and unique, and everyone can be sucesful in life. 

But, before you do .....

I want you to think about what have you learned here!

  • What did you learn about the disability you researched?
  • What can people with disabilities achieve in life?
  • How can teachers and students help students who have the disability that you researched?
  • Did this WebQuest change the way you thought about people with disabilities?

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