SED 401 Words in Pictures

Words in Pictures:

Words in Pictures Disabilities Represented By Heather Lewis

Supports:

Supports This picture represents what it’s like for someone who may have a physical disability in that they need some type of support to help them throughout the day (crutches, wheelchair, ect .)

Road Block – Dead End:

Road Block – Dead End This picture represents what it may feel like to someone with a learning disability. Someone may feel like they have reached a road block or a dead end and become easily frustrated.

Aesthetics:

Aesthetics This picture shows how four tulips are aesthetically grouped together and pleasing to the eye while the red tulip appears to be out of place and by itself.

A Long Road Uphill:

A Long Road Uphill This picture represents the way a person with a disability may feel most of the time: “My life is like traveling a long road uphill.”

Growth & Development:

Growth & Development This picture is of two walnut trees that were planted at the same time. You see that the one on the left has flourished and developed at a faster rate than the one on the right. A perfect example of how a person with a learning disability may also feel or develop. They are like the walnut tree on the right.

All those with a learning disability to the left and all the “normal” people straight ahead.:

All those with a learning disability to the left and all the “normal” people straight ahead.

My Mind is Like a Storm:

My Mind is Like a Storm

Why is half my body different than the other half?:

Why is half my body different than the other half?

“You don’t belong in our group.”:

“You don’t belong in our group.”

“But I want to jump into the mud puddle!”:

“But I want to jump into the mud puddle!”

I’ve been wrecked!:

I’ve been wrecked!

“I need your help to jump start my battery.”:

“I need your help to jump start my battery.”

#6 is the only one with a white face:

#6 is the only one with a white face

Plowing down this road is challenging!:

Plowing down this road is challenging!

“My mind is racing and I have no focus!”:

“My mind is racing and I have no focus!”

I don’t want to be stuck in this room.:

I don’t want to be stuck in this room.

My foundation is weak and I’m not built like the other houses.:

My foundation is weak and I’m not built like the other houses.

“I can’t see passed all the clouds.”:

“I can’t see passed all the clouds.”

“I’m alone and feel trapped in this web of a tree.”:

“I’m alone and feel trapped in this web of a tree.”

But not to worry…there is light at the end of the tunnel!:

But not to worry…there is light at the end of the tunnel!

The End:

The End Pictures taken by Heather Lewis