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Disability Awareness Lesson Directory

Grade	Disability	Lesson Title	Description
K-2	Introductory	Disability Brainstorm Web	Students will share what they know about disabilities.
K-2	Introductory	Defining Disability	Students will learn about what disability is.
K-2	Introductory	Everyone Is Different	Students will understand that we are all different, even if we can’t see those differences, and explore why differences are cause for celebration.
K-2	Introductory	Exploring Our Differences	Students will be able to talk about what makes people different and embrace something unique about themselves
K-2	Introductory	I Like That, Too	Students will think about how, even though we are different from each other, underneath we usually have many things in common, which is a great place to start when making a new friend.
K-2	Introductory	Teaching Empathy	Students will begin to learn what it means to “be in someone else’s shoes” and how trying to see another person’s perspective is part of empathy.
K-2	Introductory	Using a KWL Chart	Students will identify what they already know and what they want to learn about disability.
K-2	Introductory	We Are Different, We Are the Same	Students will understand that, although everyone is different, each of us has something to offer.
K-2	Hearing-Loss-Deafness	Can You Read My Lips?	Students will explore what lip reading is and how it can be a challenging way to communicate with others.
K-2	Cognitive-Differences	Down Syndrome: Meet Isabelle	Students will explore common attributes between themselves and people with Down syndrome and learn about strategies for interacting with people with Down syndrome.
K-2	Cognitive-Differences	Understanding Traumatic Brain Injuries	Students will understand how important it is to protect their brains.
K-2	Visual-Impairments	Guiding the Blind	Students will learn about various types of assistance for people with visual impairments.
K-2	Speech-Language-Disabilities	Pho-No-Log-Ic	Students will learn that some people have difficulty understanding all the sounds in spoken language and they will try to understand what that might feel like.
K-2	Speech-Language-Disabilities	Dysnomia, RAN, and Word Finding	Students will learn about dysnomia and about how some people have trouble finding the right words.
K-2	Speech-Language-Disabilities	Voice Disorders	Students gain a greater awareness and understanding of voice disorders.
K-2	Speech-Language-Disabilities	Charades	Students will learn that they can communicate with and without words
K-2	Physical-Disabilities	True Story of Two Brothers	Students will learn about one way that people with physical disabilities can participate in a sport.
K-2	Autism-Spectrum	Circles of Emotion	Students will gain a better understanding of autism by exploring emotions and learning that people may respond differently even to the same situations.
K-2	Learning-Disabilities	Supporting Our Classmates	Students will consider specific ways that they can support their classmates in learning.
K-2	Learning-Disabilities	Think About Learning Differences	Students will recognize that everyone learns things differently and everyone is capable of doing different things.
K-2	Hearing-Loss-Deafness	Feel the Rhythm	Students will explore rhythm and body movements as a way to experience music.
K-2	Learning-Disabilities	Dyscalculia in the World	Students will gain awareness of the challenges that a person with dyscalculia faces when trying to do everyday tasks.
K-2	Cognitive-Differences	When Some Students Need Extra Help	Students will understand that people with cognitive disabilities sometimes need extra support and it is fair to give them what they need.
K-2	Hearing-Loss-Deafness	What Do You Hear?	Students will learn about how our ears work to capture sounds all around us.
K-2	Autism-Spectrum	Amazing Autism	Students will apply their knowledge of autism to create posters that help spread awareness.
K-2	Physical-Disabilities	Everyday Superheroes	Students will learn that people with disabilities can do many or all of the things that other people can do, they may just do them in a different way.
K-2	Autism-Spectrum	Visual Perspective-Taking	Students will learn about visual perspective to begin making connections to conceptual perspective.
K-2	Autism-Spectrum	Autism Introduction	Students will be introduced to autism and understand that it is okay for people to be different.
K-2	Social-Emotional-Impairments	Emoji Emotions	Students will draw emoji to connect feelings to statements regarding emotions.
K-2	Speech-Language-Disabilities	AAC Devices Introduction	Students will learn what AAC devices are and how people use them.
K-2	Cognitive-Differences	Understanding Concussions	Students will define what a concussion is, the symptoms of a concussion, and what to do if they think they have one.
K-2	Visual-Impairments	Navigating Vision Loss	Students will envision the world as a person with vision and without.
K-2	Hearing-Loss-Deafness	Deaf Friends	Students will learn strategies to communicate and make friends with someone who is deaf or hard of hearing.
K-2	Speech-Language-Disabilities	Communication Challenges Telephone Game	Students will learn the similarities and differences between expressive and receptive language disorders.
K-2	Hearing-Loss-Deafness	Signing Our Names	Students will learn that sign language is used by some people to communicate and will learn how to fingerspell their names in ASL.
K-2	Visual-Impairments	Picture in Your Mind	Students will use detailed language to construct verbal “pictures.”
K-2	Physical-Disabilities	Playground Accessibility Analysis	Students will evaluate the accessibility of a school or community playground space for various physical abilities.
K-2	Social-Emotional-Impairments	Emotions Portraits	Students will create self-portraits to connect colors to feelings and identify a strategy that helps them self-regulate.
K-2	Cognitive-Differences	Marshmallows and Muscle Tone Simulation	Students will understand how low muscle tone can affect speech and comprehension for people with Down syndrome.
K-2	Social-Emotional-Impairments	OCD Is More Than Just a Worry	Students will learn what obsessive compulsive order is, how it is different from regular worrying, and some strategies for dealing with worry.
K-2	Hearing-Loss-Deafness	Hearing Aids	Students will understand that hearing aids help people who have a hearing loss to hear more clearly.
K-2	Cognitive-Differences	Cognitive Differences Survey	Students will evaluate and reflect on their own learning through a summative survey about cognitive differences.
K-2	Speech-Language-Disabilities	Articulation Disorders	Students will gain a greater awareness and understanding about articulation disorders.
K-2	Learning-Disabilities	Story about Dyslexia	Students will learn about the challenges that people with dyslexia face by thinking about their own challenges and how they can develop skills to help manage them.
K-2	Physical-Disabilities	Mobility Challenges	Students will learn about mobility challenges and how, with assistance, people with this type of physical disability can do many of the same things we all do.
K-2	Visual-Impairments	Sense of Sight Game	Students will use their sense of sight to name an object in a picture and then to find the object in the classroom.
K-2	Physical-Disabilities	Challenges with a Physical Disability	Students will learn about some of the challenges that come with having various physical disabilities.
K-2	Visual-Impairments	Seeing Safe Spaces	Students will assess the safety and accessibility of various locations for a person with a visual impairment or blindness.
K-2	Physical-Disabilities	Fine Motor Skills Treasure Hunt	Students will learn about what fine motor skills are and practice using their own fine motor skills.
K-2	Social-Emotional-Impairments	Let's Learn About Anxiety	Students will learn about what anxiety is, how it affects individuals differently, and how to rate their own worries on a numerical scale.
K-2	Speech-Language-Disabilities	How Assistive Technology Gives a Voice	Students will learn about speech/language disorders and the technology that can help people with speech/language disorders.
K-2	Speech-Language-Disabilities	What Is Stuttering?	Students will gain a greater awareness and understanding about fluency disorders.
K-2	Visual-Impairments	Needing Glasses	Students will learn about why some people need glasses to help them see more clearly and how someone might feel about getting glasses.
K-2	Visual-Impairments	Braille Exploration	Students will learn that braille is a tactile, written language that people who are blind or visually impaired can use to read.
K-2	Physical-Disabilities	Talk To Me	Students will learn that people with disabilities want to be spoken to and interacted with directly and want to have regular conversations.
K-2	Social-Emotional-Impairments	Supporting Friends	Students will brainstorm ways to be a supportive friend.
K-2	Cognitive-Differences	Difficulty Drawing	Students will experience how some people with cognitive differences have difficulty understanding what others say or mean.
K-2	Autism-Spectrum	Wordless Picture Book	Students will understand how nonverbal language connects to emotion words, and therefore the characters’ different feelings, plausible thoughts, and actions.
K-2	Learning-Disabilities	Dyslexia Introduction	Students will learn that dyslexia is a learning difference that makes it harder for people to learn letters and to read.
K-2	Hearing-Loss-Deafness	Navigating Hearing Loss	Students will envision the world as a person with hearing and without.
K-2	Speech-Language-Disabilities	Expanded Thoughts	Students will learn about language delays and how to expand ideas when they are communicating so they can be understood better.
K-2	Speech-Language-Disabilities	How Can I Say	Students will experience what it is like to have an immobilized tongue that impacts their speech and will come up with strategies to help someone with this disability.
K-2	Autism-Spectrum	Making Friends	Students will identify strategies for making friends.
K-2	Social-Emotional-Impairments	How We Feel Circles	Students will identify their own feelings that they have brought to the circle and value the feelings of others in their circle.
K-2	Speech-Language-Disabilities	A Loss For Words	Students will experience what it is like to have to communicate without using their voices.
K-2	Social-Emotional-Impairments	My Colorful Emotions	Students will learn that we all have emotions and that we can associate our feelings with colors as way to help make sense of them.
K-2	Autism-Spectrum	We All Fit Together	Students will learn about some of the different ways autistic peers may communicate and identify strategies for including all peers.
K-2	Physical-Disabilities	Nervous System	Students will understand the job of the central nervous system and why a physical disability may occur.
K-2	Learning-Disabilities	Learn a New Way	Students will practice several ways to accomplish the same task.
K-2	Cognitive-Differences	Traumatic Brain Injury Egg Simulation	Students will learn some basic facts about the brain, how it functions, and how it heals after an injury.
K-2	Physical-Disabilities	We All Move Differently	Students will learn about how everyone’s body works differently and some people need assistance to get around.
K-2	Cognitive-Differences	We All Learn at Different Rates	Students will understand that everyone develops at different rates and we all have opportunities to continue learning new things.
K-2	Learning-Disabilities	Learn About Your School's Resources	Students will learn about their school’s learning disability resources by conducting short interviews with learning disability specialists.
K-2	Speech-Language-Disabilities	Break It Down	Students will learn that not everyone is able to understand spoken instructions at the same speed or with the same accuracy.
K-2	Learning-Disabilities	How the Brain Works	Students will understand that different parts of the brain are responsible for different types of learning.
K-2	Speech-Language-Disabilities	When It's Hard To Be Understood or To Understand	Students will understand the difficulties of having a speech impairment.
K-2	Hearing-Loss-Deafness	Hearing Helpers	Students will explore assistive technologies for hearing loss.
K-2	Visual-Impairments	Sense of Sight	Students will understand what we use our eyes for and will be able to use their sense of sight to notice objects and details around them.
K-2	Physical-Disabilities	Duck’s Disability	Students will learn about physical disabilities and how they can affect any living creature.
K-2	Learning-Disabilities	We All Learn Differently	Students will explore how we all learn things in our own way.
K-2	Learning-Disabilities	Dyslexia in the World	Students will gain awareness of the challenges that a person with dyslexia faces when trying to do everyday tasks.
K-2	Speech-Language-Disabilities	Write the Room	Students will learn the written names of various objects around their classroom for quick recall when speaking or writing.
K-2	Autism-Spectrum	To Help You Understand Autism	Students will learn about how someone with autism may experience sensory information and make connections to times they may have experienced similar feelings.
K-2	Physical-Disabilities	Assistive Technologies	Students will explore assistive technologies for physical impairments.
K-2	Social-Emotional-Impairments	Vision Board Circles	Students will explore what makes them unique and why our diverse qualities and experiences are valuable.
K-2	Social-Emotional-Impairments	What Is Selective Mutism?	Students will gain an awareness and understanding of selective mutism.
K-2	Social-Emotional-Impairments	Reading Facial Expressions	Students will learn about how facial expressions help us recognize how others are feeling.
K-2	Speech-Language-Disabilities	A Story Without A Letter	Students will create a story as a class, but then reread the story omitting any words with the letter “N” to simulate a speech disability.
K-2	Social-Emotional-Impairments	Body Language Clues	Students will learn that body language plays a significant role in how we interact with others, but that some people have difficulty reading body language, which makes it hard for them to make friends.
K-2	Learning-Disabilities	Understanding Dyslexia	Students will learn what dyscalculia is and about the challenges that people with dyscalculia face when it comes to numbers.
K-2	Autism-Spectrum	Smell and Taste Test	Students will experience a sensory comparison.
K-2	Visual-Impairments	See with Senses	Students will build awareness about and empathy toward people with visual impairments.
K-2	Cognitive-Differences	Down Syndrome Introduction	Students will understand what Down syndrome is and that people with Down syndrome are not so different from everyone else.
3-5	Autism-Spectrum	Amazing Autism	Students will use their knowledge about autism to help spread awareness and promote acceptance.
3-5	Hearing-Loss-Deafness	Protecting Our Hearing	Students will promote ear protection and damage prevention.
3-5	Physical-Disabilities	Transforming Technologies	Students will design a costume that artfully incorporates assistive technologies for individuals with physical disabilities
3-5	Speech-Language-Disabilities	Let's Learn About Language Challenges	Students will learn about the similarities and differences between expressive and receptive language disorders.
3-5	Hearing-Loss-Deafness	How We Hear	Students will understand how we hear.
3-5	Social-Emotional-Impairments	Social Circles	By creating a diagram of their own social network, students will gain understanding about why community connections are important.
3-5	Cognitive-Differences	Drawing to Make Conclusions	Students will develop awareness of intellectual disabilities and think about ways to show empathy toward peers who have cognitive differences.
3-5	Learning-Disabilities	Supporting Our Classmates	Students will consider specific ways that they can support their classmates in learning.
3-5	Learning-Disabilities	Brain and Body Connection KWL	Students will learn that our brains and bodies work together and explore what that means for individuals with ADHD.
3-5	Cognitive-Differences	Just Like Any Other Girl	Students will explore common attributes between themselves and people with Down syndrome and learn about strategies for interacting with people with Down syndrome.
3-5	Learning-Disabilities	We All Learn Differently	Students will explore how we all learn things in our own way.
3-5	Hearing-Loss-Deafness	Good Communication Techniques	Students will understand the value of good communication skills no matter who you are communicating with.
3-5	Cognitive-Differences	What's Missing?	Students will gain awareness and empathy for people who have cognitive delays.
3-5	Autism-Spectrum	Autism: Experiencing the World Differently	Students will understand that individuals may react differently even in similar situations.
3-5	Physical-Disabilities	ADA Scavenger Hunt	Students will assess how their school is accessible to people with physical disabilities.
3-5	Autism-Spectrum	Famous Autistic People	Students will learn about how autistic individuals can do exceptional things and about famous autistic people.
3-5	Visual-Impairments	Braille Exploration	Students will learn that braille is a tactile, written language that people who are blind or visually impaired can use to read.
3-5	Speech-Language-Disabilities	How Assistive Technology Helps	Students will gain a greater awareness and understanding about fluency disorders and the technology that can help those who have fluency disorders.
3-5	Introductory	Seeds of Positivity	Students will explore how unkind words and kind words affect people.
3-5	Learning-Disabilities	Famous People with Learning Disabilities	Students will learn about famous individuals with learning disabilities and see that learning disabilities are not barriers to success.
3-5	Introductory	Introduction to Person-First Language	Students how to communicate respectfully by putting an individual before his or her disability.
3-5	Cognitive-Differences	Exploring Cognitive Delays	Students will build awareness about cognitive delays and learn about how they can extend empathy to peers with cognitive delays.
3-5	Autism-Spectrum	Social Connections Scavenger Hunt	Students will learn about how social interactions may be challenging for some autistic people and engage in a social skill-building activity.
3-5	Physical-Disabilities	Americans with Disabilities Act	Students will learn how to define a physical disability and understand how the ADA law provides accessibility for individuals with disabilities.
3-5	Social-Emotional-Impairments	Depression Is More Than Feeling Blue	Students will learn about the difference between feeling sad and having depression, and will explore ways to support themselves or classmates who have depression.
3-5	Physical-Disabilities	Be a Physical Disability Awareness Star	Students will learn about physical disabilities and how they can show empathy toward classmates with physical disabilities.
3-5	Speech-Language-Disabilities	Match the Room	Students will learn the written names of various objects around their classroom for quick recall when speaking or writing.
3-5	Visual-Impairments	Designing for Vision	Students will assess the safety and accessibility of various locations in the school for a person with a visual impairment or blindness.
3-5	Autism-Spectrum	Visual Perspective-Taking	Students will learn about visual perspective to begin making connections to conceptual perspective.
3-5	Physical-Disabilities	Physical Disability Doesn't Mean You Can't	Students will gain awareness about physical disabilities and think about ways to have empathy for classmates who have physical disabilities.
3-5	Speech-Language-Disabilities	Break It Down	Students will learn to give step by step directions using the aid of written, drawn, and spoken words.
3-5	Physical-Disabilities	Basketball Hero	Students will use empathy and reflection to understand that people with physical disabilities want to be treated like everyone else.
3-5	Learning-Disabilities	Dyscalculia in the World	Students will gain awareness of the challenges that a person with dyscalculia faces when trying to do everyday tasks.
3-5	Autism-Spectrum	Autism Introduction	Students will learn about how autistic people may react differently to sensory experiences in their environments.
3-5	Introductory	Disability Brainstorm Web	Students will share what they know about disabilities.
3-5	Speech-Language-Disabilities	AAC Devices Introduction	Students will learn what AAC devices are and how people use them.
3-5	Autism-Spectrum	Invisible vs Visible Differences	Students will identify invisible and visible differences.
3-5	Physical-Disabilities	Talk To Me	Students will learn that people with disabilities want to be spoken to and interacted with directly and want to have regular conversations.
3-5	Visual-Impairments	How Our Eyes Work	Students will learn about the structure of the eye and how the eye works.
3-5	Speech-Language-Disabilities	Cognitive and Processing Disorders	Students will gain an awareness and understanding about cognitive and processing disorders and how they affect communication.
3-5	Hearing-Loss-Deafness	AAC: Communicating with Images	Students will explore how to communicate using images as someone with a hearing loss might do using an AAC.
3-5	Hearing-Loss-Deafness	Anatomy of the Ear	Students will identify the parts of the ear.
3-5	Physical-Disabilities	What is a Physical Disability?	Students will gain an understanding about several physical disabilities and their effects on individuals who have them.
3-5	Introductory	What Is Empathy?	Students will learn what empathy is and begin to understand its role in building positive relationships.
3-5	Speech-Language-Disabilities	Navigating Speech Impairments	Students will envision the world as a person with a speech impairment.
3-5	Introductory	Welcome Neighbors	Students will understand the difference between welcoming behaviors and unwelcoming behaviors and reflect on the value of inclusion.
3-5	Learning-Disabilities	Dyslexia Introduction	Students will learn that dyslexia is a learning difference that makes it harder for people to learn letters and to read.
3-5	Social-Emotional-Impairments	Vision Board Circles	Students will explore what makes them unique and why our diverse qualities and experiences are valuable.
3-5	Visual-Impairments	Common Visual Impairments	Students will learn about some of the common types of visual impairments.
3-5	Hearing-Loss-Deafness	Don't Speak Aloud	Students learn about lip reading and how difficult it is to use with English language word structures.
3-5	Speech-Language-Disabilities	Voice Disorders	Students gain a greater awareness and understanding of voice disorders.
3-5	Visual-Impairments	Braille Around the School	Students will make their school more accessible to people who have visual impairments.
3-5	Visual-Impairments	Guiding the Blind	Students will learn about various types of assistance for people with visual impairments.
3-5	Learning-Disabilities	Understanding Dyscalculia	Students will learn what dyscalculia is and how it makes learning math more difficult.
3-5	Social-Emotional-Impairments	Supporting Friends with Anxiety	Students will be able to identify strategies for supporting peers who have anxiety.
3-5	Cognitive-Differences	Understanding Concussions	Students will define what a concussion is, the symptoms of a concussion, and what to do if they think they have one.
3-5	Physical-Disabilities	Are You Game?	Students will learn about the challenges someone with a physical disability might face and how others (including the students themselves) can use empathy to support individuals with physical disabilities.
3-5	Visual-Impairments	What’s the Meaning of This?	Students will practice using common prefixes, roots, and suffixes to define visual impairment terms.
3-5	Social-Emotional-Impairments	What Is Selective Mutism?	Students will gain an awareness and understanding of selective mutism.
3-5	Learning-Disabilities	Learn About Your School's Resources	Students will learn about their school’s learning disability resources by conducting short interviews with learning disability specialists.
3-5	Learning-Disabilities	Fact or Myth? Talking About Learning Disabilities?	Students will apply their learning about learning disabilities to sort myths from facts.
3-5	Learning-Disabilities	How the Brain Works	Students will learn that different parts of the brain are responsible for different types of learning and will reflect on their own strengths and weakness as learners.
3-5	Social-Emotional-Impairments	Living With Anxiety	Students will learn how anxiety can affect all facets of someone’s life.
3-5	Social-Emotional-Impairments	Emotions Portraits	Students will create self-portraits to connect colors to feelings and identify a strategy that helps them self-regulate.
3-5	Cognitive-Differences	Difficulty Drawing	Students will experience how some people with cognitive differences have difficulty understanding what others say or mean.
3-5	Speech-Language-Disabilities	Understanding Childhood Apraxia of Speech	Students will learn what childhood apraxia is and what it means for those who have it.
3-5	Social-Emotional-Impairments	Recognizing Triggers	Students will identify their own triggers and coping strategies.
3-5	Hearing-Loss-Deafness	Signing Our Names	Students will learn that sign language is used by some people to communicate and will learn how to fingerspell their names in ASL.
3-5	Hearing-Loss-Deafness	Conductive Hearing Loss Simulation	Students will gain a new understanding of what it is like to live with conductive hearing loss.
3-5	Speech-Language-Disabilities	When It's Hard To Be Understood or To Understand	Students will understand the difficulties of having a speech impairment.
3-5	Introductory	Using a KWL Chart	Students will identify what they already know and what they want to learn about disability.
3-5	Cognitive-Differences	Cognitive Differences Survey	Students will evaluate and reflect on their own learning through a summative survey about cognitive differences.
3-5	Visual-Impairments	Famous People with Visual Impairments	Students will learn about famous individuals with visual impairments and understand that a visual impairment is not a barrier to success.
3-5	Cognitive-Differences	Learning at Different Paces	Students will develop awareness about cognitive differences and think about ways they can show empathy to a peer who has cognitive delays.
3-5	Speech-Language-Disabilities	Stuttering Challenges	Students will gain awareness about stuttering as a speech impairment and learn how they can support peers who stutter.
3-5	Social-Emotional-Impairments	Anxiety and the Brain-Body Connection	Students will be able to identify the connection between our brains and behaviors during an anxiety response
3-5	Visual-Impairments	Help Me See	Students will explore assistive technologies for visual impairments.
3-5	Learning-Disabilities	Dyslexia in the World	Students will gain awareness of the challenges that a person with dyslexia faces when trying to do everyday tasks.
3-5	Cognitive-Differences	Advocacy Letters	Students will learn about the concept of advocacy and will write letters to members of Congress to ask them to join the Congressional Task Force on Down Syndrome.
3-5	Autism-Spectrum	We All Fit Together Friendship Quilt	Students will learn about some of the different ways autistic peers may communicate and identify strategies for including all peers.
3-5	Physical-Disabilities	Nervous System	Students will understand the basic structure and functions of the human nervous system and why a physical disability may occur.
3-5	Learning-Disabilities	Jumbled	Students will learn about dyslexia and try two simulation activities.
3-5	Social-Emotional-Impairments	What Are You Saying?	Students will learn about how our behaviors are part of how we communicate our needs and wants to others.
3-5	Speech-Language-Disabilities	Articulation Disorders	Students will gain a greater awareness and understanding about articulation disorders.
3-5	Hearing-Loss-Deafness	Types of Hearing Loss	Students will learn about the two different types of hearing loss.
3-5	Speech-Language-Disabilities	Causes and Effects of Speech Impediments	Students will consider cause and effect using the relationship between behaviors and feelings.
3-5	Cognitive-Differences	Down Syndrome Introduction	Students will understand what Down syndrome is and that people with Down syndrome are not so different from everyone else.
6-8	Visual-Impairments	How Our Eyes Work	Students will learn about the structure of the eye and how it works.
6-8	Visual-Impairments	Visual Impairment Obstacle Course
6-8	Visual-Impairments	Famous People with Visual Impairments	Students will learn about famous individuals with visual impairments and understand that a visual impairment is not a barrier to success.
6-8	Speech-Language-Disabilities	Let’s Learn About Language Challenges	Students will learn about the similarities and differences between expressive and receptive language disorders.
6-8	Social-Emotional-Impairments	Depression Is More Than Feeling Blue	Students will learn about the difference between feeling sad and depression and will explore ways to support themselves or classmates who have depression.
6-8	Learning-Disabilities	Learn About Your School’s Resources	Students will learn about their school’s learning disability resources by conducting short interviews with learning disability specialists.
6-8	Physical-Disabilities	What is a Physical Disability?	Students will gain an understanding about several physical disabilities and their effects on individuals who have them.
6-8	Cognitive-Differences	Learning at Different Paces	Students will develop awareness about intellectual disabilities and think about ways they can show empathy to a peer who has cognitive delays.
6-8	Social-Emotional-Impairments	What Is Selective Mutism?	Students will gain an awareness and understanding of selective mutism.
6-8	Cognitive-Differences	Drawing to Make Conclusions	Students will develop awareness of intellectual disabilities and think about ways to show empathy toward peers who have cognitive differences.
6-8	Social-Emotional-Impairments	Anxiety and the Brain-Body Connection	Students will be able to identify the connection between our brains and behaviors during an anxiety response
6-8	Social-Emotional-Impairments	Supporting Friends With Anxiety	Students will be able to identify strategies for supporting peers who have anxiety.
6-8	Cognitive-Differences	Down Syndrome Introduction	Students will understand what Down syndrome is and that people with Down syndrome are not so different from everyone else.
6-8	Speech-Language-Disabilities	Stuttering Challenges	Students will gain awareness about stuttering as a speech impairment and how they can support peers who stutter.
6-8	Autism-Spectrum	Autism: Experiencing the World Differently	Students will understand that individuals may react differently even in similar situations.
6-8	Hearing-Loss-Deafness	Don’t Speak Aloud!	Students learn about lip reading and how difficult it is to use with English language word structures.
6-8	Autism-Spectrum	Visual Perspective-Taking	Students will learn about visual perspective to begin making connections to conceptual perspective.
6-8	Physical-Disabilities	Talk To Me	Students will learn that people with disabilities want to be spoken to and interacted with directly to have regular conversations.
6-8	Introductory	Introduction to Person-First Language	Students how to communicate respectfully by putting an individual before his or her disability.
6-8	Physical-Disabilities	Adaptive and Inclusive Sports	Students will research and participate in inclusive and adaptive sports programs.
6-8	Learning-Disabilities	Success with ADHD	Students will learn that there are many people diagnosed with ADHD who experience success.
6-8	Physical-Disabilities	Americans with Disabilities Act	Students will learn how to define a physical disability and understand how the ADA law provides accessibility for individuals with disabilities.
6-8	Speech-Language-Disabilities	Researching Language Disabilities	Students will research and report about language disabilities and ways to support people who have them.
6-8	Hearing-Loss-Deafness	Signing Our Names	Students will learn that sign language is used by some people to communicate and will learn how to fingerspell their names in ASL.
6-8	Visual-Impairments	Chuck Close - Paralyzed Artist
6-8	Learning-Disabilities	ADHD Superpower	Students will learn that people with ADHD have strengths because of the way their brains works.
6-8	Social-Emotional-Impairments	Don’t Act Out – Act It Out!	Students will learn about and practice self-regulation skills.
6-8	Speech-Language-Disabilities	AAC Devices Introduction	Students will learn what AAC devices are and how people use them.
6-8	Physical-Disabilities	ADA Scavenger Hunt	Students will assess how their school is accessible to people with physical disabilities.
6-8	Physical-Disabilities	Are You Game?	Students will learn about the challenges someone with a physical disability might face and how they can use empathy to support individuals with physical disabilities.
6-8	Learning-Disabilities	Understanding Dyscalculia	Students will learn what dyscalculia is and how it makes learning math more difficult.
6-8	Physical-Disabilities	Objectifying People with Disabilities	Students will learn about why it is essential to not objectify individuals with disabilities.
6-8	Autism-Spectrum	Day in Pictures	Students will learn about how some autistic people think in pictures instead of words.
6-8	Physical-Disabilities	Designing for Inclusion	Students will design a space that is inclusive for individuals with physical disabilities.
6-8	Learning-Disabilities	Dyslexia in the World	Students will gain awareness of the challenges that a person with dyslexia faces when trying to do everyday tasks.
6-8	Hearing-Loss-Deafness	Good Communication Techniques	Students will understand the value of good communication skills no matter who you are communicating with.
6-8	Learning-Disabilities	Famous People with Learning Disabilities	Students will learn about famous individuals with learning disabilities and see that learning disabilities are not barriers to success.
6-8	Learning-Disabilities	ADHD KWL	Students will learn that ADHD is a learning difference.
6-8	Social-Emotional-Impairments	Figuring Out Stress	Students will learn to differentiate between good and bad stress and increase awareness around stress management.
6-8	Cognitive-Differences	Welcoming Letters	Students will create welcoming letters for students and families.
6-8	Social-Emotional-Impairments	OCD Is More Than Being Tidy	Students will be able to discuss what it means to have obsessive compulsive disorder and the difference between having OCD and being a person who is neat and orderly.
6-8	Hearing-Loss-Deafness	Living With a Hearing Loss	Students will build awareness about hearing loss/deafness and develop empathy toward classmates with hearing loss/deafness.
6-8	Social-Emotional-Impairments	But What Can I Do?	Students will learn signs of depression and the supports available to help themselves or others.
6-8	Visual-Impairments	Braille Around the School	Students will make their school more accessible to people who have visual impairments.
6-8	Hearing-Loss-Deafness	Conductive Hearing Loss Simulation	Students will gain a new understanding of what it is like to live with conductive hearing loss.
6-8	Learning-Disabilities	How the Brain Works	Students will learn that different parts of the brain are responsible for different types of learning and will reflect on their own strengths and weakness as learners.
6-8	Speech-Language-Disabilities	Stuttering Stories	Students will write letters or stories about stuttering and how to be supportive.
6-8	Physical-Disabilities	Nervous System	Students will understand the basic structure and functions of the human nervous system and why a physical disability may occur.
6-8	Introductory	Using a KWL Chart	Students will identify what they already know and what they want to learn about disability.
6-8	Social-Emotional-Impairments	Emotions Portraits	Students will create self-portraits to connect colors to feelings and identify a strategy that helps them self-regulate.
6-8	Introductory	What Is Empathy?	Students will learn what empathy is and begin to understand its role in building positive relationships.
6-8	Speech-Language-Disabilities	Understanding Childhood Apraxia of Speech	Students will learn what childhood apraxia is and what it means for those who have it.
6-8	Learning-Disabilities	Attention	Students will experience the implications of frequent distractions associated with ADD/ADHD
6-8	Speech-Language-Disabilities	What Are Speech Impairments?	Students will understand five types of speech disorders.
6-8	Learning-Disabilities	Dyscalculia in the World	Students will gain awareness of the challenges that a person with dyscalculia faces when trying to do everyday tasks.
6-8	Cognitive-Differences	Advocacy Letters	Students will learn about the concept of advocacy and will write letters to members of Congress to ask them to join the Congressional Task Force on Down Syndrome.
6-8	Cognitive-Differences	What’s Missing?	Students will gain awareness and empathy for people who have cognitive delays.
6-8	Hearing-Loss-Deafness	4D Movies	Students will create physical representations to add to the experience of two-dimensional media.
6-8	Learning-Disabilities	Dyslexia Introduction	Students will learn that dyslexia is a learning difference that makes it harder for people to read.
6-8	Cognitive-Differences	Exploring Cognitive Delays	Students will build awareness about cognitive delays and learn about how they can extend empathy to peers with cognitive delays.
6-8	Autism-Spectrum	Famous Autistic People	Students will learn about how autistic individuals can do exceptional things and about famous autistic people.
6-8	Visual-Impairments	Common Visual Impairments	Students will learn about several types of visual impairments.
6-8	Visual-Impairments	Braille Exploration
6-8	Autism-Spectrum	Social Connections Scavenger Hunt	Students will learn about how social interactions may be challenging for some autistic people and engage in a social skill-building activity.
6-8	Autism-Spectrum	Chain of Friendship	Students will reflect on how we all learn from others and how we can all share our knowledge with others.
6-8	Speech-Language-Disabilities	Navigating Speech Impairments	Students will envision the world as a person with speech impairments.
6-8	Learning-Disabilities	Designing for ADHD	Students will explore how schools can be more inclusive to all students.
6-8	Visual-Impairments	What’s the Meaning of This?	Students will practice using common prefixes, roots, and suffixes to define visual impairment terms.
6-8	Introductory	Welcome Neighbors	Students will understand the difference between welcoming behaviors and unwelcoming behaviors and reflect on the value of inclusion.
6-8	Hearing-Loss-Deafness	Sound Effects	Students will learn how sound effects are created.
6-8	Social-Emotional-Impairments	What Are You Saying?	Students will learn about how our behaviors are part of how we communicate our needs and wants to others.
6-8	Physical-Disabilities	Keep Dreaming: Living With a Physical Disability	Students will learn about physical disabilities and how they can show empathy toward classmates with physical disabilities.
6-8	Physical-Disabilities	A Physical Disability Doesn’t Mean You Can’t . . .	Students will gain awareness about physical disabilities and think about ways to have empathy for classmates with physical disabilities.
6-8	Autism-Spectrum	Autism Introduction	Students will learn about how autistic people may react differently to sensory experiences in their environments.
6-8	Autism-Spectrum	Invisible vs Visible Differences	Students will identify invisible and visible differences.
6-8	Introductory	Letter to Yourself	Students will reflect on their current biases, stereotypes, and perspectives about people with disabilities.
6-8	Hearing-Loss-Deafness	How We Hear	Students will understand how we hear and the two different types of hearing loss.
6-8	Visual-Impairments	See with Senses and Assistance	Students will build awareness about and empathy toward people with visual impairments.
6-8	Social-Emotional-Impairments	Managing Emotions	Students will learn and practice self-regulation techniques.
6-8	Cognitive-Differences	Dyspraxia and Memory	Students will gain an understanding of how dyspraxia can affect memory.
6-8	Introductory	Awareness and Respect	Students will learn the expectations for future class discussions.
6-8	Cognitive-Differences	Dyspraxia and Motor Difficulties	Students will gain a deeper understanding of motor difficulties associated with dyspraxia.
6-8	Cognitive-Differences	Let’s Learn About Down Syndrome	Students will learn about Down syndrome and the fact that people with Down syndrome have hopes, dreams and lives similar to students’ own hopes, dreams, and lives.
6-8	Introductory	Disability Brainstorm Web	Students will share what they know about disabilities.
6-8	Speech-Language-Disabilities	Cognitive and Processing Disorders	Students will gain an awareness and understanding about cognitive and processing disorders and how they affect communication.
6-8	Autism-Spectrum	Sharing Experiences with Autistic Individuals	Students will learn some of autism’s common traits and how these traits may influence their interactions with an autistic individual.
High School	Social-Emotional-Impairments	Exploring Social Anxiety	Students will explore and understand what it is like to have social anxiety.
High School	Language-and-History-Around-Disability	Redefining Disabled	Students will consider the language used to describe people who have disabilities.
High School	Famous-People-with-Disabilities	Bipolar Disorder Is Not a Joke	Students will learn about consider responses to and language about those with bipolar disorder.
High School	Disability-in-the-Media	Represent	Students will learn that there are powerful, immediate, and personal effects of disability representation in media.
High School	Learning-Disabilities	Can You Read This?	Students will learn about how some people with dyslexia experience reading.
High School	Mental-Health	Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Overview	Students will understand OCD, the impact it has on the human brain, and the experiences of people who have it.
High School	Social-Emotional-Impairments	Thinking About Self-Regulation	Students will explore and understand why some people struggle with self-regulation.
High School	Assistive-Technology	Assistive Technology in School	Students will explore the role of assistive technology in a school setting.
High School	Hearing-and-Vision-Impairment	Hearing Loss Overview	Students will learn about various aspects of hearing loss.
High School	Introductory	Unpacking Empathy	Students will think more deeply about what empathy is and why it is an important life skill.
High School	Cognitive-Differences	What Is Dyspraxia?	Students will gain a basic understanding of dyspraxia.
High School	Social-Emotional-Impairments	Understanding Depression	Students will understand the difference between sadness and depression and learn about treatments for depression.
High School	Autism-Spectrum	Animals and Autism	Students will examine the connection between humans and animals and learn about how animals can provide therapeutic supports.
High School	Physical-Disabilities	Questions Narratives Around Disability	Students will explore why it is important to question cultural narratives around disability.
High School	Disability-in-the-Media	Media Stereotyping	Students will explore the portrayal of disability in the media.
High School	Hearing-and-Vision-Impairment	How We Hear	Students will learn about the process of hearing.
High School	Autism-Spectrum	Autism and Empathy	Students will understand how one woman with autism channeled her empathy into helping animals.
High School	Learning-Disabilities	Sensory Processing Disorder Overview	Students will understand what sensory processing disorder is and how it can affect learning and school experiences.
High School	Disability-in-the-Media	Importance of Media Visibility	Students will explore why it is important for people with disabilities to participate in and be represented in the media.
High School	Introductory	Invisible Disabilities	Students will gain an understanding of invisible disabilities.
High School	Cognitive-Differences	Down Syndrome Interview	Students will learn about how some individuals with Down syndrome experience the world.
High School	Famous-People-with-Disabilities	Make a Match	Students will learn about famous people with disabilities.
High School	Physical-Disabilities	Cerebral Palsy Overview	Students will gain an understanding of cerebral palsy.
High School	Disability-in-the-Media	Mixed-Bag Media	Students will explore how media representation of disability has and has not changed.
High School	Autism-Spectrum	No Cues	Students will understand the challenges someone with autism might have in reading nonverbal cues.
High School	Language-and-History-Around-Disability	Person-First Language	Students will learn about person-first language.
High School	Physical-Disabilities	Inclusive Design	Students will design a space that is inclusive for individuals with physical disabilities.
High School	Mental-Health	Youth Mental Health Care	Students will understand that caring for our mental health is important for everyone.
High School	Assistive-Technology	Best Tech for the Job	Students will become familiar with the range of assistive devices and their uses.
High School	Cognitive-Differences	Different Perspective on Down Syndrome	Students will increase their understanding of Down syndrome and how people with Down syndrome live within our society.
High School	Autism-Spectrum	Autism from Different Perspectives	Students will understand that people’s experiences of autism vary greatly.
High School	Mental-Health	Taking Care of Your Mental Health	Students will consider what they can do to develop and maintain positive mental health.
High School	Mental-Health	What Is Bipolar Disorder?	Students will become familiar with bipolar disorder and will consider how mental-health-specific language is often used inaccurately.
High School	Language-and-History-Around-Disability	Why the R-Word Is Not Okay	Students will consider the word “retarded” (“the R-word”) and understand how harmful it is.
High School	Famous-People-with-Disabilities	Famous Folks with Disabilities	Students will become familiar with a range of famous people who have disabilities.
High School	Hearing-and-Vision-Impairment	Living With Blindness	Students will learn about one person’s experience with blindness.
High School	Hearing-and-Vision-Impairment	Another Way of Seeing Blindness	Students will consider blindness from a new perspective.
High School	Learning-Disabilities	Low-Distraction Learning Spaces	Students will design a classroom to support students with attention challenges.
High School	Assistive-Technology	Learn About Wheelchairs	Students will explore different types of wheelchairs.
High School	Social-Emotional-Impairments	Past Experiences, Present Reactions	Students will consider others’ perspectives and how past experiences impact our reactions to situations.
High School	Language-and-History-Around-Disability	Diversabililty Movement	Students will learn about the origins and purpose of the diversability movement.
High School	Assistive-Technology	Assistive Technology Assessment	Students will understand what assistive technology is and how it is used in their classroom or school.
High School	Learning-Disabilities	Different Take on ADHD	Students will consider ADHD from a different perspective.
High School	Introductory	What Is Accessibility?	Students will explore how accessibility needs vary depending on an individual’s disability.
High School	Cognitive-Differences	Special Olympics History	Students will understand the history and role of the Special Olympics for people with intellectual disabilities.
High School	Famous-People-with-Disabilities	Hearing Loss in the Entertainment Industry	Students will learn about celebrities who have a hearing loss.
High School	Introductory	Two Models of Disability	Students will explore two main models used for thinking about disability.
High School	Physical-Disabilities	Understanding Muscular Dystrophy	Students will understand what muscular dystrophy is and will hear about individuals’ experiences with the disability.

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