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Short Reading Comprehensions
Very Quick Readers
     What Is Braille? (Very Quick Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     What Is a Prosthesis? (Very Quick Reader; Grades 6-8 Readability)

Short Readers
     No Limits (Short Reader; Grades 4-5 Readability)
     What Is a Hearing Aid? (Short Reader; Grade 4-6 Readability)

Spanish
     ¿Qué es un audífono? (grades 4-6)

What would YOU do?
     I Wish... (Grades 2-4)
     Loyalty vs. Friendship: Do You Have to Choose? (Grades 3-6)
     Disability or Different Abilities? (Grades 5-8)

Make a Daily Disability Activity Lesson Plan Book

Daily Disability Activity Lesson Plan Book

Reading Comprehensions
Fiction
     My Brother Is in a Wheelchair! (Grades 1-2)
     A Special Dog (Grades 1-3)
     Jen's Journal (Grades 2-3)
     The New Girl (Grades 2-3)
     Alice's Spring (Grades 2-4)
     A Special Dog (Grades 3-4)
     Taylor Finds Her Smile (Grades 3-5)
     Working Together, Part 1 (Grades 3-5)
     Working Together, Part 2 (Grades 3-5)
     Asperger's Syndrome (Grades 5-6)
     Second Chances, Part 1 (Grades 5-6)
     Second Chances, Part 2 (Grades 5-6)
     A Rolling Optimist or a Seated Pessimist (Grades 5-6)

Non-Fiction
     Clear Talk (Grades 2-3)
     Chris Burke - A Success Story (Grades 4-6)
     Down Syndrome (Grades 5-6)
     Blind Doctor (Grades 5-6)
     A World in Black, White, and Gray (Grades 5-7)
     What Is LD? (Grades 6-8)
     An Average School for an LD Student (Grades 6-8)
     Gift of Horses (Grades 7-8)
     A Dream Come True: ICODA (Grades 7-9)
     Polio and FDR's Disability (Grades 8-9)
     Special Olympics (Grades 9-12)
     Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Grades 9-12)

Spanish
     La nueva niña (grades 2-3)
     Síndrome de Asperger (grades 5-6)
     Hablar claro (grades 2-6)
     Un mundo en blanco, negro y gris (grades 5-7)

Leveled Books

Jenna Uses a Wheelchair (PDF file)

Chris Can't Hear (PDF file)

Disabilities Theme: A Special Dog (PDF file)

Buddy, the First American Seeing Eye Dog

A Very Special Child: Down Syndrome

Play
The Girl in the Wheelchair (A Play; Grades 3-4)

Finish the Story
     Reaching Out (Grade 3)
     Challenges (Grade 3)
     The Big Wheel Is in a Wheelchair (Grades 3-6)
     A New Day, a New Life (Grades 4-6)
     I Got It (Grades 6-8)

Book Units
    The Black Book of Colors (Grades K-3)
    Hank Zipzer: Day of the Iguana (Grades 3-5)
    Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key (Grades 4-6)
    My Name is Brian (Grades 4-6)
    Stuck in Neutral (Grades 4-6)
    The Missing Manatee (Grades 4-6)
    Things That Are (Grades 4-6)
    Timothy of the Cay (Grades 4-6)
    Feathers (Grades 4-7)
    Rules (Grades 4-7)
    Al Capone Shines My Shoes (Grades 4-8)
    Heidi (Grades 4-8)
    Dancing Carl (Grades 5-9)
    The Acorn People (Grades 9-11)
    The Story of My Life (Grades 9-12)

Conversations - Foreign Languages
The Chain of Hope - French and English

Document Based Activities

Compare and Contrast

Dog Traits: Compare and contrast service dogs and pet dogs. (Grades 1-2)

Dog Traits: Compare and contrast service dogs and pet dogs. (Grades 1-2)

Glyphs

Disabilities Theme Unit Glyph

Special Education Theme Units

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			Social Skills
			Special Education Science
			Special Education United States History
			Special Education High Interest Reading Comprehensions
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Down Syndrome

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Australia

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Desert

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