Types of Disability
A weakness in the area(s) of reading, writing, and/or math.
What is a specific learning disability (SLD)?
A support that helps a student with a disability access learning materials.
What is an accommodation?
You can catch a disbility.
What is false?
Legendary boxer who is one of the most celebrated athletes of all time and had dyslexia.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
Office on every college campus to help you with receiving allowable accommodations.
What is the Disability Services Office? (This will be named something different on every campus).
Difficulty distinguishing distinct sounds or visual cues.
What is an auditory or visual processing disorder? (Deaf/hearing impaired and visually impaired)
Allowing a student to pick a place in the classroom to sit where they will learn best.
What is preferential seating?
Individuals with disabilities can live "normal" lives.
What is true?
25 time Grammy winning musical artist who has been blind since shortly after birth,
Who is Stevie Wonder?
What is Vocational Rehabilitation?
A condition that impacts how an individual communicates, interacts, and experiences their environment
What is Autism?
Allowing a student extra time to complete assignments and test.
What is extended time?
A learning disability can be outgrown.
What is false? (Typically individuals learn coping methods to help them learn but the learning struggle does not go away).
Musician who was part of a group, currently has a solo career and lives with OCD and ADHD.
Who is Justin Timberlake?
Application for financial assistance completed the fall before you plan to begin college or trade school. This will determine if you are eligible to get help paying for training.
What is the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)?
A condition that causes the individual to have trouble focusing or sitting still.
What is ADHD?
Allowing a student to figure out a response in their head before asking them to answer.
What is giving adequate amount of time to respond?
Individuals of all ages and backgrounds can have a disability.
What is true?
Highly decorated American gymnast who has ADHD.
Who is Simone Biles?
Financial assistance that does not need to be paid back.
What is a grant?
A condition causes someone to have seizures.
What is epilepsy?
Reading test questions aloud by another person or text to speech software, to a student to help with understanding of what the materials are asking.
What is tests read aloud?
If I get an accommodation in high school I will automatically get that same accommodation in college or the workplace.
What is false?
Actor known for the Back to the Future trilogy who was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease at the age of 29.
Who is Michael J. Fox?
Financial assistance that needs to be paid back over time after schooling is complete.
What is a loan?