Panel Members
Teacher who lead Pre-ETS at McDowell High School
Mrs. Duncan
This learning disability causes children to sometimes forget homework, fidget in their seat, act without thinking and get distracted easily.
What is ADD or ADHD?
The color of a handicap sign.
What is a blue?
Physically disabled people may have to use this as a medical aid to help them get around.
Wheelchair
What is one way you can be involved in your life and to let your team know your plans for after high school?
Lead IEP meeting
Speaker who is over Foothills and often helps in Pre-ETS
Mrs. Carla
This disability makes it difficult to see words in books or on the board.
What is visually impaired OR blind?
This makes it possible for a person with a physical challenge get from place to place.
What is a wheelchair?
A system of touch reading and writing for blind persons in which raised dots represent the letters of the alphabet.
What is Braille?
Where is one place that you can attend after high school?
College, Possibilities, foothills
University Participant Graduate who works at an inclusive coffee shop and a grocery store. He zoomed into our class to share his experience.
Sam
A condition in the brain where a person has a tendency to have recurring seizures (their body shakes uncontrollably).
What is Epilepsy?
This makes it possible for one with a hearing disability to communicate with others.
What is sign language?
Sometimes babies are born too early and are called this word (starts with an 'P').
What is "Premature"?
What is one way you can advocate for yourself?
Answers may vary
University Participant Graduate who works at Chick Fil a and visited our class to share about her experiences
Arley
This disability at times makes it difficult to communicate with others, have muscle tightness and few emotional connections.
What is autism?
An athletic event to showcase athletes with disabilities
Special Olympics
Everyone being included despite their disabilities
Inclusion
Who are the members on your IEP team?
Mrs. Amber, Teachers, Caregivers, Guardians, Family members
An organization in that helps support people with disabilities in Marion
Foothills, VAYA, Possibilities
A genetic disorder which occurs when someone is born with an extra chromosome in their DNA. (Hint: The letters are DS.)
What is Down Syndrome
According to the current health information provided by the CDC (Center for Disease and Control), this many adults in America live with a disability. (Hint...it's 1 in ___ adults.)
What is 1 in 4 adults?
ADHD
What is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder?
Who can you work with to get a job for after high school?
VAYA or Vocational Rehab with Mrs. Serena