Today was another opportunity to shop in our classroom, the low tech assistive technology. What an incredible experience, I am continually amazed at how simple ideas can become real modifications and adaptations to support learning. Although we seem to think that we have to spend lots of money, sometimes the solution is right in front of us and accessible. Sometimes I think we are looking for the bigger solution when keeping it simple can be a proactive and immediate solution that is affordable.
When we take a moment and reflect on the simple things in life that for all intense in purpose, we take for granted then it becomes surreal, not such a big challenges. It is important to be mindful of our environment and how that might look in our professional communities, teachers and students alike. It took my partner and I a little while to think about a profile that we would work for us since neither of us have been involved in the learning center or resource classrooms. Is a matter of speaking we have not been involved directly with the inclusive process therefore being a bit anxious about this assignment. Once I began to reflect on the profile I thought about someone I know that is an adult that was severely burned in a boat fire and her hands were severely maimed so she had to modify and adapt several things in her life. Although she was told that she would not be able to drive, play sports or work in her career of 20 years, well the adaptations that she has discovered that support her life style has allowed her to play sports, drive and most recently she is the proud owner of her first motorcycle, with adapted hand grips.
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