Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University - B.Ed Course - II Year - Semester IV - Elective - Unit II - Understanding Disabilities and its Educational Implications

1. SPECIAL EDUCATION
Ms R SRIDEVI
Assistant Professor, Pedagogy of Mathematics
Loyola College of Education
Chennai 34
UNITII
UNDERSTANDING DISABILITIES AND ITS
EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATINS
SEMESTER IV
CODE BD1MA

2. • Understanding Disabilities -
Types
• Physical disability
• Intellectual disability
• Mental Behaviour
• Chronic Neurological
conditions
• Bloor disorder
• Multiple Disabilities
• Educational Implications

3. Diverse – Physical
difference

13. PHYSICAL DISABILITIES

14. VI HI MR
LCD
LEPROCY
CURED AUTISM
MUTLIPLE
DISORDER

15. VISUALLY IMPAIRMENT

16. Degrees of Vision
Normal Vision : 6/6 – 6/18
Low vision : < 6/18 – 6/60
Blind : < 6/60 – 3/60
Blind : < 3/60 – 1/60
Blind : < 1/60 – PL
Total blindness : NPL

17. CLASSIFICATION OF BLINDNESS
CONGENITAL
BLINDNESS
பிறவி
குருட்டுத்தன
் மை
ADVENTITIOUS
BLINDNESS
எதிர்பாரா

18. 1.Congenital Blindness
Blindness is present at birth
2. Adventitious Blindness
It is acquired blindness at a
later stage after the
individual has lived for some
years as a sighted person.

19. COMMON EYE DISEASES
• CATARACT - கண
் புமர
• GALUCOMA - அழுத்தை்
• AGE – RELATED MACULAR
DEGENERATION
• DIABETIC RETINOPATHY - நீ ரிழிவு
• CHILDHOOD BLINDNESS - குழந்மதப்
பருவ குருட்டுத்தன
் மை

20. CATARACT

27. BRAILLE SYSTEM

28. MAGNIFYING GLASS

29. LARGE PRINTED
BOOKS

30. MOBILES

32. HEARING IMPAIRMENT

33. Situation of the Ear

34. CLASSIFICATION OF BLINDNESS
CONGENITAL
BLINDNESS
பிறவி
குருட்டுத்தன
் மை
ADVENTITIOUS
BLINDNESS
எதிர்பாரா

35. 1.Congenital Blindness
Blindness is present at birth
2. Adventitious Blindness
It is acquired blindness at a
later stage after the
individual has lived for some
years as a sighted person.

36. Based on the Types of Hearing Loss
• CONDUCTIVE LOSS: In this type of hearing
loss, the functioning of the external and the
middle ear is affected.

37. Based on the Types of Hearing Loss
• NEURO – SENSITIVE LOSS: In this type of
hearing loss, the functioning of the inner ear
is affected

38. Based on the Types of Hearing Loss
• MIXED LOSS: In this type of hearing loss, the
functioning of the external or the middle ear
or both and the inner ear is affected.

39. Based on the Types of Hearing Loss
• RECTO COCHLEAR TYPE: In this type of
hearing loss, the functioning of the nerve
pathway beyond the inner ear is affected.

40. IDENTIFICATION OF HI
1. The child does not respond to being
called by name.
2. He may hear and respond to only part of
message
3. He may hear better in some situations
than others.
4. He may hear well in a small room, but not
so in a large hall.
5. He may hear well in some days but not so
well on other days.
6. When there is background noise, the
child may have difficulty in hearing.

41. 7. The child does not have a pinna.
8. The child uses only one ear for hearing.
9.The child may have frequent discharge from the ear.
10. The child complaints pain in ear frequently.
11. The child scratches the ear frequently.
12. The child folds / converges the pinna while
hearing.
13. The child asks frequently to repeat that which was
spoken already.
14. The child makes many errors in taking dictations.
15. While listening to the teacher, the child watches
his face carefully.

46. SIGN LANGUAGE
• In Britain, they have BSL (Britain
Sign Language)
• In America, ASL (American Sign
Language)
• In India, ISL (Indian Sign
Language)