Did you recognize the images
on our front page? They represent people who overcame
different disabilities to make great contributions to the
world. As you look through our site, see if you can
discover who they are!
Welcome to
Seeing disABILITIES from a Different Perspective.
This site was created in 1999 by six
kids from Sherwood Elementary
School
in Highland
Park, Illinois, USA. Sherwood
is a neighborhood school, with about 300 "normal" kids.
Until the 2001-02
school year, Sherwood also had about 50 hearing-impaired
children who came to us from all over the northern
suburbs of Chicago. We also have had many physically
challenged kids here, since we are the most accessible
school in our district. It has given us a great chance to
see everyday what "disabled" people can do!
Our site offers a new way of looking at disABILITIES. We
focus not on the disability, but on the ability. We offer
you a chance to read our perspectives on living or being
at school with kids who have disabilities.
LOOKING FOR
INFORMATION?
If you are looking for our
perspectives, or more great information on
autism,
blindness,
cerebral
palsy, or
deafness,
you can stop your search now. We have causes, effects,
famous people, and much more in all of the categories.
Use the links at the top of this page to go to these
topics.
LET'S LEARN FROM EACH
OTHER
Do you have a disability? Do you know someone who
does? If you do, come and share
your experiences with
us. Just click on this link, or the "E-mail Us" link on
the left side of each page. We will post as many of your
experiences as possible on our website.
Click
here to read these
messages.
OTHER
FEATURES
In the book
review section each one
of us reviewed books or CDs about disabilities. We hope
teachers will use them to help students understand
disabilities better, or kids can use them by
themselves...We
also have a glossary
of words in our website. The glossary tells the
definitions of words we chose from our
reports....Go
to our quiz
to test your skills and see how much you've learned. Have
fun!!!
NEWS!
Gallaudet University names its
baseball field in honor of deaf ballplayer William
"Dummy" Hoy! Click
here for more details.
