Hello
Catie McRae: FDLRS
Rena Carney: FDLRS ATEN Region 1
Technology Center
Let’s talk about working together
Literacy Intervention Project
Newspaper Project
ESE Awareness Project
We need your help.
Other benefits:
Service Hours
Altruism
Finding a story
Good Reporting
Increasing awareness about differences between
people
Rewards of knowing people who are challenged
Some networking ideas for
you:
• Presentation to an ESE class on ideas for publishing
an article in the LHL
• Visit CBI class and mentor student
• Possibly ‘coauthor’ article with student from CBI
class
• Publish some articles about activities taking place in
the ESE department i.e. Special Olympics/T Shirts
and student government
Serious
• Confidentiality
• Sensitivity and respect
• Patience
Disabilities
• Some disabilities are
immediately apparent.
• Others are mild and you
don’t even know a person
has a disability.
• All of us have something or
other that makes us
different: learning styles
Disabilities 101
• Acquired
– Spinal cord injury, amputation, Lou
Gehrig's disease
• Born with
– Developmental
• Speech/Articulation therapy
– Physical
• Cerebral palsy
– Cognitive
• Autism, mental retardation,
dyslexia
– Genetic
• Down’s syndrome
Famous People with Disabilities
http://www.grandin.com/
Dr. Temple Grandin
Famous People with Disabilities
Jim Abbott
Jim Abbott has thrown a
no-hitter, won Olympic
gold in 1988, and been on
Letterman. He is the only
player in major league
baseball who was born
with one hand.
• http://www.jimabbott.info/
video.html
Famous People with Disabilities
Jim Abbott
For Families of One Handed Children
• Sports For Those With a
Physical Challenge
• How to Play Baseball with
One Hand
• From Jim Abbott To Parents
of Children With a
Challenge
• Support Groups for Parents
of Children With Limb
Differences
• How to Type and Keyboard
With One Hand
Famous People with Disabilities
• Magic Johnson
Magic Johnson, at 6-foot 9, was the
tallest point guard in the National
Basketball Association (NBA). He
accomplished everything a player
could dream of during his 12 year NBA
career.
• On November 7, 1991, Johnson retired
from professional basketball because
a blood test had shown that he was
infected with HIV. He then dedicated
his life to educating people -especially youngsters -- about HIV and
AIDS prevention. He established the
Magic Johnson Foundation to raise
money to fund HIV and AIDS
organizations.
Famous People with Disabilities
• Stephen Hawking
• http://www.hawking.org.uk
/home/hindex.html
Famous People with Disabilities
• Stephen Hawking
When Stephen Hawking was 21-years-old,
he was diagnosed with amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis (ALS), also know as Lou
Gehrig’s disease. This disease attacks the
nerves that control a body’s voluntary
movements. It affects walking, speaking,
breathing, swallowing, etc. At the time of
his diagnosis, the doctors gave Hawking
two years to live. Hawking has defied this
time frame and is still working. Today,
Stephen is confined to a wheelchair,
cannot move much at all, has trouble
holding his head up, and cannot speak.
He now uses a special computer that
displays the text he types and speaks
what he types with an electronic voice.
• Stephen Hawking : A Brief History of Time:
From the Big Bang to Black Holes. The
book tries to explain many of Hawking’s
physical and mathematical ideas and
calculations without using math. The book
became a best seller and was made into
Famous People with Disabilities
• Marlee Matlin
Marlee Matlin is a stand-up
comedian and an actress.
Some of her films include Dead
Silence, It's My Party, Hear No
Evil, Bridge to Silence, Walker,
and Children of A Lesser God.
In 1987, she captivated the
world by winning the Academy
Award for Best Actress in the
film Children of a Lesser God.
• Marlee Matlin became deaf in
infancy due to Roseola
infantum. However, deafness
has not disabled her or her
Famous People with Disabilities
Christopher Reeve
• Christopher Reeve grew up in Princeton,
New Jersey, with his mother and his
stepfather. In 1977 Reeve was chosen
from 200 hopefuls to star in Superman for
which he won the British Academy Award
as best actor.
• During a cross-country event in May 1995,
his horse balked at a rail jump, pitching
Reeve forward where he landed head
first. His injuries left the actor paralyzed,
unable to use any of his limbs or even to
breathe without the help of a respirator.
• Reeve founded the Christopher Reeve
Foundation in 1996 to raise research
money and provide grants to local
agencies which focus on the quality of life
of people with disabilities.
Famous People with Disabilities
• Tom Cruise
Top Gun, Days of Thunder,
Rain Man, Far and Away, A
Few Good Men, Mission
Impossible, and Jerry
Mcguire.
• Tom Cruise battles dyslexia,
which is a learning
disability that alters the
way the brain processes
written material. He was
nominated for and has
won several awards for
Famous People with Disabilities
• Itzhak Perlman
Famous People with Disabilities
• Itzhak Perlman
Having lost the use of his
legs after falling victim to
polio at the age of four,
Perlman always sits as he
plays. But he never fails to
bring audiences to their
feet.
Questions
Next Steps
• Discuss Barriers
• Schedules
• Your contact information
THANK YOU!