Understanding Disabilities

Understanding Disabilities strives to develop awareness showing that people with disabilities are no different than others - they simply have different problems. Young students are exposed to four different disabilities:

• Visual Impairments
• Hearing Impairments
• Physical Disabilities
• Intellectual Disabilities

Through hands-on, real-life activities, the children relate to the challenges disabled people encounter and in the process, establish friendships with the disabled people they meet. The goal is to make the disabilities and the people who have them very real to children.