1. Weekly Journal Assignments
8/27-8/31 1. Visit the following website http://www.disabilityisnatural.com/peoplefirstlanguage.htm. What did
your learn from reading this webpage?
9/4-9/7 2. Visit the following website http://www.specialeducationlawyers.info/disabilities.htm. What does
IDEA mean? What are the disabilities under IDEA? What did you learn about any one or more
disabilities?
9/10-9/14 3. Visit the following website http://www.kidstogether.org/inc-what.htm. What is your own definition
of inclusion?
9/17-9/21 4. Focus: Speech Impairment. Visit the following website
http://www.nichcy.org/pubs/factshe/fs11txt.htm. In your own words, what does speech impairment
mean? What cause a speech impairment?
9/24-9/28 5. Focus: Speech Impairment. Spotlight on Communication Devices. How would you feel if you had to
use a communication device like the one you have been shown?
10/1-10/5 6. Focus: Hearing Impairment/Deafness. Visit the following website
http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/sight/hearing_impairment.html. **Info at bottom
of website page. In your own words, what are some of the causes of hearing impairment/deafness?
10/9-10/12 7. Focus: Hearing Impairment/Deafness. Visit the following website
http://www.audiologyawareness.com/hearinfo_impairdeaf.asp. In your own words, what is the
difference between hearing impaired and deafness.
10/15-10/19 8. Focus: Hearing Impairment/Deafness. Visit the following website
http://deafness.about.com/cs/signlanguage/a/aslfacts.htm. In your own words, what is ASL? How does
it compare to spoken language?
10/22-10/26 9. Focus: Hearing Impairment/Deafness. Visit the following website
http://commtechlab.msu.edu/SITES/ASLWEB/browser.htm. Use this website to learn how to use
American Sign Language to sign your name. Imagine that you were hearing impaired. Do you think it
would be lonely, how so?
10/29-11/2 10. Focus: Hearing Impairment/Deafness. Visit the following website http://www.tsd.state.tx.us/. What
kind of school is this? Where is this school? What surprised you about it?
11/5-11/9 11. Focus: Visual Impairments/Blindness. Visit the following website
http://www.tsbvi.edu/Education/infant/page15.htm. Summarize, what are some of the causes of visual
impairments/blindness?
11/12-11/16 12. Focus: Visual Impairments/Blindness. Visit the following website
http://www.tsbvi.edu/school/index.htm. What kind of school is this? Where is this school? What
surprised you about it?
11/26-11/30 13. Focus: Visual Impairments/Blindness. Visit the following website
http://www.usaba.org/Pages/sportsinformation/adaptations/goalballadapt.html. What is the website?
In your own words, what is goalball? How is it played?
12/3-12/7 14. Focus: Orthopedic Impairments. Visit the following website
http://www.ssd.k12.mo.us/Parents/disability_categories/orthopedic_impairment.html. In your own
words, what does orthopedic impairment mean? What causes orthopedic impairments?
12/10-12/14 15. Focus: Orthopedic Impairments. Visit the following website
http://www.as.wvu.edu/~scidis/motor.html#sect1. These are general courtesies to remember when
interacting with someone with an orthopedic impairment. What did you learn?
12/17-12/20 Mid Term Exam: Disability Reports
1/8-1/11 16. Focus: Orthopedic Impairments. Visit the following website
http://www.newdisability.com/videos.htm. What was this website about? What did you see that
surprised you?
1/14-1/18 17. Focus: Autism. Visit the following website http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/overview.htm. In
your own words, what is autism? Who is affected? How is it detected?
1/22-1/25 18. Focus: Autism. Visit the following website http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/overview.htm. In
your own words, what is ASD? What causes autism/ASD?
1/28-2/1 19. Focus: Autism. Visit the following website http://www.autism.org/temple/tips.html. List some of
the tips to use in working with a student with autism. What do you think about some of the tips listed
on the website?

2. Weekly Journal Assignments
2/4-28 20. Focus: Mental Retardation. Visit the following website
http://www.tahperd.org/LINKS/links_popups/links_popup_APE_factsheets.html and click on Mental
Retardation. In your own words, what is the definition, cause, and levels of Mental Retardation?
2/11-2/15 21. Focus: Mental Retardation. Visit the following website
http://www.tahperd.org/LINKS/links_popups/links_popup_APE_factsheets.html and click on Mental
Retardation. In your own words, what is signs, symptoms, characteristics, of an individual with Mental
Retardation? Also, list two teaching tips.
2/18-2/22 22. Focus: Special Olympics. Visit the following website www.specialolympics.org, click on “About US”
on top of page. In your own words, what is Special Olympics all about? Which individuals participate in
Special Olympic sports? List six sports/activities that are offered through Special Olympics.
2/25-2/29 23. Focus: Paralympics. Visit www.paralympic.org, click IPC on left side of screen. In your own words,
what is the IPC and what are they committed to? What is an IOSDs, what are the names of the four
IOSDs ?
3/3-3/7 24. Focus: Special Olympics & Paralympics, same thing? Visit the following website
http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-41-1363-8441/sports/paralympics/clip10, listen to the audio player or click
to the box right of the audio player. In your own words, what is the difference between Special
Olympics & Paralympics?
3/17-3/20 25. Focus: Orthropedic Sports: Life Rolls On: Surfing http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=U1NtrwAOhwM&feature=related. Watch the video, what did you think of the video? What did you
think of the people in the video and the adapted equipment?
3/24-3/28 26. Focus: Orthopedic Sports: Team Hoyt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy8hOOvM0t0. Watch
the video, in your own words, what is this team all about, how did they get started, and what have they
accomplished?
3/31-4/4 27. Focus: Blind Sports: Goal ball video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MLbC3er2Fc. Watch the
video, in your own words, how is goalball played?
4/7-4/11 28. Focus: Blind Sports: Keep Your Ear on the Ball Documentary
http://www.illegalfilms.net/keepyourearontheball/trailer-std.htm. How were these people in the
documentary like you? How were they different?
4/14-4/18 29. Focus: Autism Issues: The Documentary: Austim Every Day
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2286327. How did this video make you feel? How will it
impact your life from now on?
4/21-4/25 30. Murderball Highlights-Mark Zupan Reebok commercial **Caution, there are profanities that are
bleeped out in this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV2CqWU1PJk&feature=related. What was the message of this
video? Do you think differently about people in wheelchairs now? Why?
Extra 31. People with disabilities in sport-Visit the following article from this website-
http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/33117847/ns/sports-college_basketball/
What was the article about? What surprised you about it?

3. New Websites for the Following Journal Assignments
3/24-3/28 26. Focus: Orthopedic Sports: Team Hoyt:Go to www.youtube.com and search “Team Hoyt” Watch the
video, in your own words, what is this team all about, how did they get started, and what have they
accomplished?
4/7-4/11 28. Focus: Blind Sports: Keep Your Ear on the Ball Documentary: Go to www.youtube.com and search
“Keep your ear on the ball” Watch the video, How were these people in the documentary like you? How
were they different?
4/14-4/18 29. Focus: Autism Issues: The Documentary: Austim Every Day: Go to www.youtube.com and search
“Autism Everyday” Watch the video, How did this video make you feel? How will it impact your life from
now on?
New Websites for the Following Journal Assignments
3/24-3/28 26. Focus: Orthopedic Sports: Team Hoyt:Go to www.youtube.com and search “Team Hoyt” Watch the
video, in your own words, what is this team all about, how did they get started, and what have they
accomplished?
4/7-4/11 28. Focus: Blind Sports: Keep Your Ear on the Ball Documentary: Go to www.youtube.com and search
“Keep your ear on the ball” Watch the video, How were these people in the documentary like you? How
were they different?
4/14-4/18 29. Focus: Autism Issues: The Documentary: Austim Every Day: Go to www.youtube.com and search
“Autism Everyday” Watch the video, How did this video make you feel? How will it impact your life from
now on?
New Websites for the Following Journal Assignments
3/24-3/28 26. Focus: Orthopedic Sports: Team Hoyt:Go to www.youtube.com and search “Team Hoyt” Watch the
video, in your own words, what is this team all about, how did they get started, and what have they
accomplished?
4/7-4/11 28. Focus: Blind Sports: Keep Your Ear on the Ball Documentary: Go to www.youtube.com and search
“Keep your ear on the ball” Watch the video, How were these people in the documentary like you? How
were they different?
4/14-4/18 29. Focus: Autism Issues: The Documentary: Austim Every Day: Go to www.youtube.com and search
“Autism Everyday” Watch the video, How did this video make you feel? How will it impact your life from
now on?
New Websites for the Following Journal Assignments
3/24-3/28 26. Focus: Orthopedic Sports: Team Hoyt:Go to www.youtube.com and search “Team Hoyt” Watch the
video, in your own words, what is this team all about, how did they get started, and what have they
accomplished?
4/7-4/11 28. Focus: Blind Sports: Keep Your Ear on the Ball Documentary: Go to www.youtube.com and search
“Keep your ear on the ball” Watch the video, How were these people in the documentary like you? How
were they different?
4/14-4/18 29. Focus: Autism Issues: The Documentary: Austim Every Day: Go to www.youtube.com and search
“Autism Everyday” Watch the video, How did this video make you feel? How will it impact your life from
now on?