Description: Educates students (Elementary-High School Students) to understand the challenges associated with disabilities and to accept and respect all individuals. Provide hands-on activities to address isolation and bullying of disabled individuals.Speaker PortionAn hour-and-a-half is spent with speakers with disabilities who describe their lives and how they achieve their goals. Students are encouraged to interact with these volunteers.Activity PortionSecond hour-and-a-half is activity-based. Students visit stations where they use a wheelchair and a white cane, write their names in Braille, handle braces and artificial limbs, and experience the sensations of having a learning disability and autism.
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