Disability…

Lesson Objectives ▪ What is a disability? ▪ How can people with disabilities feel in society? ▪ Should we change the way we interact with people with disabilities

What is disability? ▪ I I

Types of disability?

Physical Disability ▪ Physical disability pertains to total or partial loss of a person’s bodily functions (eg walking, gross motor skills, bladder control etc) and total or partial loss of a part of the body (eg a person with an amputation). ▪ With a partner, you have 2 minutes to discuss any physical disabilities you know

Physical Disability

Myths about physical activity… ▪ They cannot participate in sport ▪

Think before you say… ▪ “I Cant do PE” ▪ There is no such word as cant…you can try!

Famous People ▪ Can you name them and name their disability?

Stephen Hawking ▪ Stephen Hawking is an English theoretical physicist and cosmologist who is widely considered to be one of the greatest scientists alive today ▪ Hawking suffers from a rare early-onset slow- progressing form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neurone diseaseamyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Who is this?

Stevie Wonder ▪ He was the youngest solo artist ever welcomed into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, received the Kennedy Center Honour, sold more than 100 million albums, won the billboard Century Award, 25 Grammies as well as the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and many other honours. ▪ (ROP), a condition in which the growth of the eyes is aborted and causes the retinas to detach; so he became blindretinas

Learning Disabilities

Learning Disabilities… ▪

Famous People ▪ Q Q

Autism ▪ Watch the clip below ▪ Write down some of the signs of how you would possibly identify someone with autism? ▪ Q Q

Case Study- “Rosie” ▪ With a partner discuss the following ▪ If Rosie was in your class would you treat her differently? ▪ Do you think Rosie would get bullied? ▪ What would Rosie find difficult in class? ▪ Do you think Rosie should get help in class?

▪ What can you do to help?

Class Questions ▪ Should we treat people with disabilities differently? ▪ If we see someone with disability being bullied what should we do?