Disabilities & Interaction Considerations | Origin: CS110
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Providing Career Services for Students with Disabilities --> Disabilities & Interaction Considerations
Post what you've learned about this topic and how you intend to apply it. Feel free to post questions and comments too.
I intend to be more conscious about the techniques provided when working with or in the presence of a person with a speech impairment or physical disability. Also, I found it interesting how a brain injury is classified. It is interesting to me that Alzheimers and Parkinson's are not considered traumatic or acquired brain injury.
I will pay more attention to my communication methods when talking to those who are deaf or have hearing impariments (such as annuciating, but not yelling, and using good eye contact). I will also like to look into the JAWS reader program for students.
I am going to use some of the techniques the text suggests when working with students who have hearing impairments...tapping on the shoulder lightly is a good technique.
I learned what the term ABD means. It is a brain injury that is consided external, it occured after birth.
i was impressed with the list of tecniques readily available to implement when dealing with the physically impaired, hearing and visually impaired etc.
I learned some techniques for working with hearing impaired like tapping their shoulder!
These are all very practical, reasonable strategies for working with people that have physical, hearing and visual impairments. I was very surprised to learn that Parkinson's is not a traumatic or acquired brain injury.
This section included many helpful tips for communication. It helped me to think about things differently such as not moving a door out of someone's hand as they could be using it for stability. I also appreciated references to words to use and words to avoid to maintain sensitivity.
Ididn't realize that LD is actually quite common and LD is found throughout the work force: entry level positions to CEOs.
I learned what the difference in disabilities that are covered under federal law.
I appreciated every section of this learning chapter and I can see myself going back to use this as a referral.
