Introduction to Disability Studies takes a deep dive into disability awareness education, disability history, and disability justice. Students in grades 6-8 will learn about disability as a form of human diversity, how to be an aspiring ally, and how to be an includer.

Units can be paced according to teacher needs, with multiple lessons in a week for a shorter time frame, or stretched out over a longer period.

This unit includes 9 lessons:

• Lesson 1: Disability is Diversity

• Lesson 2: Understanding Disability

• Lesson 3: An Introduction to Ableism

• Lesson 4: Imagining a Truly Equitable Society

• Lesson 5: Disability History

• Lesson 6: Digging into the Disability Rights Movement

• Lesson 7: Where Are We Now?

• Lesson 8: Shifting Mindsets

• Lesson 9: Taking Informed Action

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