This section is very important. The world must be open to teaching EVERYONE. There is a large mix of people in this world who need support and our traditional systems need to be able to handle that. There needs to be more education for the educators on how to handle these situations for the betterment of everyone.
I really liked how each section gave specific examples of how a student with certain disabilities may be impacted by several different things most of us just take for granted. Also like how it highighted how students may have the same disability but be impacted very differently.
I find it interesting that the most prevalent disabilities affecting college students nowadays are attention deficit hyperactivity disorders (ADHD), learning disabilities (LD), or some combination of the two. This module was insightful and helped to rectify some beliefs about disability.
Excellent module. I learned a lot today about these issues. Being informed and educated about these issues is key.
This section is a great reminder that the learning disabilities, though challenging, can be accommodated if they are recognized. It has been my personal experience in education that our younger adult learners are more apt to seek assistance from disability service counsellors than are our older learners. Also, after teaching adult learners for a number of years, I have found that older learners often exhibit similar social and learning behaviors to our younger students who have had formal LD/ADHD evaluations, but those older learners (over 40) may not have ever had a formal evaluation or learning diagnosis. This creates a unique challenge for the educator.
I learned how to recognize and deal with studets that have learning disabilities.
This was a very helpful module is that it was a good reminder to look at the STUDENT. It was a reminder that disabilities are not always visual
This module focused on identifying the functional limitations of the disability, instead of solely focusing on the disability itself.
This module was very interesting in its explanation that you cannot assume students with the same disability need the same accomodations.
The fact that students present with disabilities is not new or shocking, what I found a little shoking was the statistics and frequency of many of thr more common diagnosis.
This module taught me more about the different types of disabilites. Many people think of disabilities as those that can be seen but do not think about the othe disabilities that are not visible. I liked learning more about each one and how it can it relates to accomadations.
It is important to look at each student past their disability.
It was very interesting to see comparisons of two students with similar disabilities, yet they handle them very differently. I liked reading about real life scenarios and possible accommodations. I'm still not sure how ASD students can be successfully incorporated into higher education if they cannot control certain disruptive behaviors.
It's important to learn about the different types and levels] of disability in order to provide the appropriate accomodations. These disabilities are identified by medical professionals. Students may not be aware of their own disabilities, so faculty/staff should not be in a position to judge or label. Rather, they should be supportive by helping students verbalize their needs for assistance.
it is important to distinquish functional limitation from disease stated and provide opportunit to access.
Most people that do havve disabilities arent considering themselves with a disability but are labeled as so. Such as a person in a wheelchair they can function just like most people they just arent as mobile or have to take another route to get there.
The biggest takeaway for me with this module was that we should focus on the functional limitations of a specific student, rather than to find a one size fits all solution for every studnet with a similar disability.
I was not aware how many different dissabilities are impacting our students so its important to keep learing and training to increase awareness.
This section made me more aware of the number of students in a college classroom that have disabilities that are not obvious but still need to be .addressed.
disabled students must have equal acess to education
