Common Disabilities
This disability is frequently associated with special interests and rigid behaviors.
What is ASD/Autism?
A student has a hard time with the noise level of a space.
What is "offer headphones or move seats"?
This disability struggles with attention and executive functioning.
What is ADD/ADHD?
A student with Autism has come to a Reset a few weeks in a row. The schedule will be different tonight.
What is "not inform the student ahead of time of the change"?
An Umbrella term for people whose brains work in an atypical fashion
What is "neurodiversity"?
This disability may require a student to move their body before they can engage their active listening skills.
What is ADHD?
A student who has shared they struggle with auditory processing.
What is "offer to create a printed version of notes"?
This disability is a mental health condition marked by a cycle of unwanted, stressful thoughts and repetitive actions.
What is OCD?
A student who is visually impaired comes into your spaces for the first time. They don't know where they are going.
What is "grab their hand and lead them along automatically"?
Always assume...
What is "competence"?
This disability means a student may have a hard time computing verbal directions or a lesson that is in the form of a lecture.
What is auditory processing disorder?
A new student who is visually impaired walks into your spaces for the first time.
What is "introduce yourself and the people around you and offer guidance (and an elbow!)"?
This disability is a mental health condition defined by a persistent, ongoing pattern of angry or irritable mood, argumentative or defiant behavior, and vindictiveness toward authority figures.
What is ODD?
A student in a wheelchair comes into your spaces.
What is "Speak only to the guardian and tower above them"?
All behavior is...
What is "communication"?
These disabilities might present themselves in the way a student responds to certain sounds/smells/words or phrases.
What is trauma and PTSD?
A student with a more obvious cognative disabilty comes to Students for the first time.
What is "Keep communication short and simple"?
A behavioral profile characterized by an extreme, anxiety-driven resistance to everyday demands and expectations (often seeking autonomy)
What is PDA?
A student who is Deaf/HoH comes up to talk to you.
What is "turn away from them, even briefly, while speaking to them"?
Sitting still is not...
What is "a spiritual discipline"?
This disability might cause a student to verbally or physically interrupt you or others, but it is not within the student's control.
What is Tourette's Syndrome?
You are on the lookout and notice a student who easily blends into the background.
What is "make sure that every student has one meaningful conversation with at least one person every week"?
This can occur after a fall, a hard hit to your head, a vehicle accident or when something goes through your skull. Symptoms can affect your body, thinking and emotions.
What is a TBI?
A student with a speech impediment is asking a question and you know what they are going to ask.
What is "answer their question before they finish asking it"?
Students with disabilities are made...
What is "in God's image"?