Chris, an 8-year-old male, is diagnosed with Down Syndrome and Intellectual Disability (ID).
Stephanie, a 7-year-old female, is diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Intellectual Disability (ID).
Taylor, an 8-year-old male, is diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)a.
Consider the three students and their corresponding diagnoses, then answer the following prompts:
- What information do these diagnoses provide you as an educator?
- What information is not included with these diagnoses that need to be considered?
- Describe what similarities and differences you would expect to see between these three students.
- Think about how you might provide accommodations to these students. Describe how these accommodations may be similar or different. Explain why.