Disability Awareness Worksheet

Characteristics that vary across a wide spectrum. Displays difficulties with language or communication, social skills, behavior, and sensory difficulties.
Communication includes sign language, lip reading, or both.
Significant limitations in learning, thinking, solving problems, making sense of the world, and developing everyday life skills.
May exhibit a variety of difficulties, including problems with reading, spoken language, writing, or reasoning ability.
The ability to locate valuables, recognize family / friends, or be in control of feelings decreases.
The inability to use legs, arms, or the body trunk effectively because of paralysis, stiffness, pain, or other impairments.
Affects one’s ability to speak words.
Range from blurred or fuzzy vision to total blindness.
Varied illnesses such as cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, heart disease, and chronic fatigue syndrome.
A medical condition that affects how well someone can sit still, focus, and pay attention.