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“Mobility and the Mouse”
Take several HS Visually Impaired students doing
traditional mobility,Combine them with
a group of young adults with
cognitive disabilities doing generic mobility – drop
them off at Disney World
And what do you get?
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Participants:*HS Students with a Visual Impairment *HS Students & Young Adults with a Cognitive Disability
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Premise: A collaborative learning environment is established in which CD & VI students rely on each other to build their skills and help each other increase their levels of independence, self esteem, and mobility skills.
VI students are mentors / role models for the CD students, assisting with:◦ Counting money◦ Making purchases◦ Assisting non-verbal
students◦ Meal planning &
preparation ◦ Maintaining a time
schedule◦ Read braille maps◦ Assisted with ADL skills in
the rooms
The CD students assist the VI Students with:◦ Reading menus in dark
restaurants◦ Sighted guide at night
within the crowds◦ Reading park signs◦ Navigating the airports◦ Locating luggage &
seats on the plane◦ Locate bus stops & read
the names on the bus
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Checking in at the Airport
Our Journey Begins
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Navigating the Airport
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Getting to the Gate
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First Time on a Plane
Helping each other find their seats
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GETTING TOTHE
BAGGAGE AREA
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CHECKING INTO THE HOTEL
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HOME AWAY FROM
HOME
Girls & Guys are in their own villas and help each other with daily tasks.
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PLANNING & SHOPPING FOR MEALS
CD Students: locate items & read prices
VI Students: estimate costs & pay for items
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MEAL PREPARATIONVI Students – work on cooking skillsCD Students – read directions on packages
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It’s a Vision Thing!
“Peanut butter is great on ice cream!”
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Mobility Around the ParksGeneric mobility skills are worked
on with the CD students, including how to be a sighted guide.
Traditional Mobility skills are worked on with the VI students.
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Taking the Bus
CD Students read the bus scheduleVI Students help to figure out the times
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Getting to the Parks
CD Students reading bus stop signs
And doing sighted guide
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Arriving at Magic Kingdom
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Mobility in the Park
VI Student Using Braille a MapCD Students reading the print maps
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Cane travel in less crowded areas
CD students are the sighted guides in
the crowds and at night
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EVERYONE WANTS TO USE
THE CANE(Except the Visually Impaired
Student!)
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CD Students do sighted guide
to the ridesVI Students get to drive!
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Getting directions
Shopping
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Buffet Lines
VI Student entering a Pin number
CD students describing what’s on the buffet
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Technology
Checking for dinner reservations & reading menus using an iTouch.
CD & VI students programed them in together before they left for
Disney.
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Dining
CD Students read the menuVI students assist with the orders
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VI STUDENTS HELP FIGURE THE CHECK
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EVERYONE WANTS
TO MEET THE MOUSE!
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Disney World is an amazing place to incorporate a lifetime worth of skills, independence and mobility training in just a few days. But
even if you can’t make it to Florida, hopefully, this will help
spark some ideas on how to incorporate skills between groups
of students with multiple disabilities, in a unique setting.
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However, the real magic is being able to see how
individuals with such different disabilities can work
together, teach each other, and…
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Maintain friendships that have lasted long after the fireworks have burned
out.
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LONG TERM BENEFITS FOR THE VI STUDENTSBuild self-esteem by being a positive role model & mentor, and helping someone else with a disability
Assist with the Special Olympics team during practices and travel with them for state meets. Organizing a tournament at their college and sharing their dorm rooms
Secure college jobs as RA’s in their dorms as a result of the training and experience they received on the Disney trips.
Employed at Café Arrowhead, & Lake Country Artisans the CD student’s businesses
Participation in the Lobster Boil fundraising activity
Travel independently both nationally & internationally
“It’s a small world after all!”
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Presenters
After the first trip with my 9th grade VI student, I asked her what she thought about being with the
CD students;“I always knew the stereotypes about people with visual impairments, but I had no idea how people
with cognitive disabilities were treated – this really made me see things from a different side.”
10 years later she is a Special Education teacher at Arrowhead High School and was a chaperone on this
year’s trip. Lynn Goeden-Hough
My thanks to John Hough
and the Arrowhead CD Program / Students
and Arrowhead Special Olympics Team without whom none of this would
have been possible!