Displays, Events, & Special Guests:

Middle School

• Bring service animals to schools for an assembly www.seeingeye.org



• Invite a Wounded Warrior to the school to talk during an assembly how now having a disability has impacted their life (ensure the message is respectful) www.dvs.virginia.gov/woundedwarrior_contactus.htm



• Post interesting disability facts, pictures and biographies of people with disabilities or a disability history timeline on bulletin boards in the hallways. www.museumofdisability.org/society_timeline.asp



• Hold a “fun facts” contest each week (ask a question related to disabilities and have students submit answers.  The first person with the correct answer gets a prize) Disability Awareness Packet for Lesson Plans on these specific disabilities in the classroom



• Have a student read a biography of someone famous with a disability during morning announcements each week during the month of October



• Have a high school student or recent graduate with disabilities come to school to talk about having a disability

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