FRHD 2110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Intellectual Disability, Personalized Learning, Equal Opportunity

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 2110
• Professor: Agnieszka Woznia

Document Summary

Federal legislation specifies that every school must provide a free, appropriate education for every student, regardless of any disabling condition. In most cases, causes of exceptionalities are not known more is known about treatment. All people are unique- including those with exceptionalities ; although their struggles are unique to the majority of the population, they should be viewed as unique within themselves. Exceptionality: an inability to do something, the lack of a specific capacity. Handicap: a disadvantage that is imposed on an individual: an exceptionality may be a handicap, depending on the circumstances. A personal with an exceptionality (autism), may have a physical handicap that makes it difficult to hold a pencil:: they would learn to type instead of writing by hand. Getting oriented to exceptionality and special education. Hard to determine the exact reason why a child is exceptional lots of research being done.