"""What's it like for the kids? """"Everyone knew what a short bus was for. When I got off that short bus with those wheelchair kids, everyone knew I was a"""
{"Image DocumentName": "What\u2019s it like for the kids?", "Image ImageDescription": "Everyone knew what a short bus was for. When I got off that short bus with those wheelchair kids, everyone knew I was a retard. I came to hate that stupid, ugly, dopey short bus. I guess I hated it so much because those of us who went to school on it were teased by the other kids. We were the \u2018short bus kids,\u2019 which was like calling us \u2018retards,\u2019 only even more unkind, it seemed to me for some reason. (William Helmuth, 1995) Have the drivers and attendant sit quietly while you read this passage from The Short Bus Kid by Willard Helmuth. Activity: Have the class turn to their handout and take a minute to write some answers to the List 5 things that happen on the bus or at school that make students with disabilities feel like outsiders. Discussion: Ask them if they ever thought how students with disabilities felt about their isolation and rejection from the outside world? If there are drivers or attendants there who have transported children with severe disabilities, ask if they have ever seen even non-verbal children exhibit a sense of humor, embarrassment, anger, or glee even though someone had defined the child as non-communicative ? Feelings are not a function of IQ but of humanity.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}