Introduction to Special Needs Terminology



1.      What senses does a healthy person use?


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2.      Find Czech equivalents to the following expressions:


special needs education


students with special educational needs


special teacher/educator


special schools


hearing impairment/disability


visual  impairment/disability


intellectual/mental impairment/disability


physical impairment/disability/(handicap)


speech (-language) impairment/disability


multiple handicap


specific learning difficulties/disabilities


behavioural and emotional difficulties


sensory disabilities (involving sight/hearing)


mild


moderate


profound/severe




A person with ...


a hearing impairment
________________________

a visual impairment                                                   ________________________

a intellectual impairment                     is called          ________________________

a physical impairment                                                ________________________

a speech impairment                                                 _______________________



3.      Put each of the illnesses under the appropriate cathegory:



hearing impairment              visual impairment                 intellectual/mental impairment

________________               ________________               ________________________

________________               ________________               ________________________



physical impairment            speech impairment              multiple handicap

________________               _________________             ________________

________________               _________________             ________________




Down syndrom            stammering / stuttaring                       glaucoma        multiple
sclerosis


deafblindness                          damage of hearing cells                     dysarthria


cerebral palsy             damage of the auditory nerve             near-sightedness/
far-sightedness





4.       Have a look at the pictures. What aids help the people to overcome their handicap?


white cane                   crutches                      wheel chair                   sign
language

the Braille (system)         tactile maps                         wheel chair lift
        cochlear implant


                              Picture showing fingers moving over a tactile map.

                    A                                B
C                                    D




                 E                            F
G                                            H






Class discussion:


1)      Do you have any personal experience of meeting and helping a person with some kind of
impairment?

2)      What do you think are the most difficult things to do/ situations to deal with when you are
a) a visually impaired person b) a hearing impaired person c) a physically impaired person?

3)      What is your opinion on the relationship of the impaired people and the mainstream intact
population in the Czech Republic?

Do you agree that the position of people with different handicaps in the Czech Republic is equal in
the area of working opportunities, education, free-time activities and the overall quality of their
life?