NJ Students Call For Disability Awareness
June 16, 2008 by Kristina Chew, PhD
Filed under Health
New Jersey students are calling for disability awareness to be taught in schools, the June 15th Star-Ledger reports:
“There’s so much lack of acceptance,” said Allegra Stout, 18, another teen who mentors children with disabilities. “A lot of that stems from lack of information. Children don’t understand about kids with disabilities.”
So time to start teaching them…..
So true.
It would help if they were educated about it at an early age.
Perhaps if they used a buddy system or something. Matching able-bodied children with disabled children to teach them compassion and the importance of not making fun of a person who is different.
It’s easier for kids to learn that because their perception of the world isn’t set in cement yet.
I like that idea of “buddies” very much, especially if it can be a regular activity.
They did that in Within the Light.
I wonder if that is a regular policy in Japan. It seems like a brilliant idea that should be done here.
I guess the kids from regular class would meet up with a kid from the special class and theyd do something like photography or something like that.
I thought that was such a cool idea.
It sounds similar to the Best Buddies mentor program that is national. I was encouraged reading that article online yesterday.
Great idea! And about time!
Autism awareness is sometimes more important than autism treatment, research, or cures.