students with special needs refers to students with educational needs outside the expected range...
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Students with Special Needs
Refers to students with educational needs
outside the expected range
Many of these students were previously
educated in separate educational facilities or
institutions or received no formal education
In spite of this…
In spite of this…
Christy Brown (C
P)
Author/Poet/Painter
In spite of this…
Christy Brown (C
P)
Author/Poet/Painter Helen Keller (deafblind)
Author/Activist/Lecturer
In spite of this…
Christy Brown (C
P)
Author/Poet/Painter Helen Keller (deafblind)
Author/Activist/LecturerAlbert Einstein (Asperger’s)Theoretical Physicist
In spite of this…
Christy Brown (C
P)
Author/Poet/Painter Helen Keller (deafblind)
Author/Activist/LecturerAlbert Einstein (Asperger’s)Theoretical Physicist
John Nash (Schizophrenia)Mathematician
In spite of this…
Christy Brown (C
P)
Author/Poet/Painter Helen Keller (deafblind)
Author/Activist/LecturerAlbert Einstein (Asperger’s)Theoretical Physicist
John Nash (Schizophrenia)Mathematician
Rubin Carter (Speech
difference) - Boxer
In spite of this…
Christy Brown (C
P)
Author/Poet/Painter Helen Keller (deafblind)
Author/Activist/LecturerAlbert Einstein (Asperger’s)Theoretical Physicist
John Nash (Schizophrenia)Mathematician
Rubin Carter (Speech
difference) - BoxerEvelyn Glennie (deaf)
Xylophonist/piper
In spite of this…
Christy Brown (C
P)
Author/Poet/Painter Helen Keller (deafblind)
Author/Activist/LecturerAlbert Einstein (Asperger’s)Theoretical Physicist
John Nash (Schizophrenia)Mathematician
Rubin Carter (Speech
difference) - Boxer
Frida Kahlo (polio)Painter
Evelyn Glennie (deaf)
Xylophonist/piper
In spite of this…
Christy Brown (C
P)
Author/Poet/Painter Helen Keller (deafblind)
Author/Activist/LecturerAlbert Einstein (Asperger’s)Theoretical Physicist
John Nash (Schizophrenia)Mathematician
Rubin Carter (Speech
difference) - Boxer
Frida Kahlo (polio)Painter
Evelyn Glennie (deaf)
Xylophonist/piper
Temple Grandin (Autism)Animal scientist/professor
In spite of this…
Christy Brown (C
P)
Author/Poet/Painter Helen Keller (deafblind)
Author/Activist/LecturerAlbert Einstein (Asperger’s)Theoretical Physicist
John Nash (Schizophrenia)Mathematician
Rubin Carter (Speech
difference) - Boxer
Frida Kahlo (polio)Painter
Evelyn Glennie (deaf)
Xylophonist/piper
Temple Grandin (Autism)Animal scientist/professor
Zhou Zhou (Down Syndrome)
Conductor
In spite of this…
Christy Brown (C
P)
Author/Poet/Painter Helen Keller (deafblind)
Author/Activist/LecturerAlbert Einstein (Asperger’s)Theoretical Physicist
John Nash (Schizophrenia)Mathematician
Rubin Carter (Speech
difference) - Boxer
Frida Kahlo (polio)Painter
Evelyn Glennie (deaf)
Xylophonist/piper
Temple Grandin (Autism)Animal scientist/professor
Zhou Zhou (Down Syndrome)
Conductor
Gurrumul Yunupingu (Blind)Musician
How did these adolescents learn?
• Adaptive compensation• Desire to learn• Faith and interest of teachers/families• Love and support• Socio-economically advantaged• Positive and negative reinforcement
What can WE learn from them?
• Never judge or write-off• If you don’t feel you can be a positive
influence – try at least to not be a negative influence
• Model acceptance and faith
Legislation
Disability is defined in Australian legislation as ‘a disorder or
malfunction that results in the person learning differently from a person without
the disorder or malfunction’ (Disability Discrimination Act, 1992)
Under the Disability Discrimination Act (1992), it is unlawful for
an educational authority or educational provider to discriminate
against a student on the ground of the student’s disability. This
includes
• denying or limiting the student’s access to any benefit provided by the
educational authority
• by developing curricula or training courses having a content that will either
exclude the person from participation, or subject the person to any other
detriment
Legislation
Disability Standards for Education (2005)