Chapter 6 (Friend)

Chapter 6               Students with Low-Incidence Disabilities

-low incidence disabilities: any of the less common disabilities, including multiple disabilities, hearing impairment, orthopedic impairments, other health impairments, visual impairments, deaf-blindness, autism, and traumatic brain injury    http://aim.cast.org/learn/historyarchive/backgroundpapers/promise_of_udl/what_l-i_d

-make up less than 20% of students in schools

-characteristics of students with autism spectrum disorder

                         -difficulty with social relationships, often delayed language development, if have language skills then struggle to maintain a conversation, narrow range of interests, difficulty with dealing with stress

-accommodations for students with autism spectrum disorder http://www.autismspeaks.org/

                       Responding to behavior (create a structured and predictable environment and encouraging appropriate social interactions), fostering social interactions (observe to understand it from their perspective), communicating with students

-students with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities: learning needs and rate, maintenance of learned skills, generalization of learning, skill combination , accommodations for students with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities, match expectations to instruction, identify optimal times for specialized instruction, enlist natural support systems, create a collaborative effort with families, take advantage of assistive technology

-autism, autism spectrum disorder, visual impairments, hearing loss, orthopedic (cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, spinal cord injuries

-others: seizure disorder, sickle-cell, AIDS, asthma, cancer

-Traumatic brain injuries: leading cause of disability and death among children http://www.neuro.pmr.vcu.edu/