Scientific Method and 5 Key Steps
Disability Type
- Low Vision
- Blindness
- Hearing Impairments
- Learning Disabilities
- Mobility Impairments
- Health Impairments
- Psychosocial Impairments
Low Vision
Request and encourage student input on how to best accommodate the student's learning needs.
Consider the position, lighting, and seating needs of the student during presentations or when using text, manipulatives, transparencies or other projected images.
Provide large-print lecture notes, handouts, and worksheets.
Give clear verbal descriptions of visual aids including video and printed content used throughout your presentation.
Use a scanner to create an electronic version of images, charts, or maps, and display them in a larger format on a computer monitor, or use an LCD projector.
Consider having the student work with a partner and providing extra assistance if this activity presents significant challenges.
Blindness
Request and encourage student input on how to best accommodate the student's learning needs.
Provide audiotaped, Brailled, or electronic-formatted lecture notes, handouts, and texts.
Give clear verbal descriptions of visual aids including video and printed content used throughout your presentation.
For students who are legally blind yet have a fair amount of usable sight, consider the accommodations listed for individuals with low vision.
Consider having the student work with a partner and providing extra assistance if this activity presents significant challenges.
Hearing Impairments
Request and encourage student input on how to best accommodate the student's learning needs.
Learning Disabilities
Request and encourage student input on how to best accommodate the student's learning needs.
A computer with voice output software is an appropriate accommodation for students with learning disabilities. Consult the video presentation and publication Working Together: Computers and People with Learning Disabilities and the AccessSTEM Knowledge Base.
Consider having the student work with a partner and providing extra assistance if this activity presents significant challenges.
Provide clear and specific instructions. Break down larger tasks into smaller chunks, and provide directions for only one or two activities at a time.
Give clear verbal descriptions of visual aids including video and printed content used throughout your presentation.
Mobility Impairments
Request and encourage student input on how to best accommodate the student's learning needs.
Health Impairments
Request and encourage student input on how to best accommodate the student's learning needs.
Psychosocial Impairments
Request and encourage student input on how to best accommodate the student's learning needs.