7/17/2019
Topic:
Students With Disabilities
Susanna Wingenroth
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- Think of a student with a disability you have now or in the past. Describe ways in which their disability affected their learning in your class.
My student had a form of muscular dystrophy that effected his gross and fine motor functioning. By 5th grade he was using a walker to make the trek from his classroom to his enrichment classes, like Art. He is intelligent, kind, friendly and doesn’t seem to let his different ability get in his way or bring him down. In art class it is difficult for him to hold pencils, paint brushes etc… In action he has adapted his grip to maximize the strength of his muscles, and was able to draw and paint very effectively, while holding the tool between his wrists, or painting with his fingers. I could have offered him adaptive tools, and will definitely do so in the future. But I also feel that in this child’s case, the pride that he takes in making his own adaptations was well worth it, and may have been lost had I provided him with a different set of tools. When finger painting, he was smiling and laughing, and the project was very suitable to using fingers instead of brushes, so other children at his table began to follow his idea. |