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Videos and Books about Kids Who Have Difficulty
Eating, Dressing, and Using the Bathroom

Here's are some videos and books about kids who have difficulty eating, dressing, and using the bathroom.  Ask your parents or teachers if you can get these to watch or read. 

Views from Our Shoes (1997) ISBN# 0-933149-98-0
Growing Up with a Brother or Sister with Special Needs

Edited by Donald J. Meyer
Illustrated by Cary Pillo

"I can’t imagine having a plain old sister,” writes Ryan Clearwater, age 10, in one of the 45 essays in Views from Our Shoes. Ryan and the other boys and girls whose essays are featured in this collection range in age from 4 to 18 years. They share their experiences as brothers or sisters of someone with a disability.

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Check Out Your Own Environment...

Look around your school to see how many barriers need to be changed to help students have more accessibility to restroom and other personal-care facilities.  If you cannot answer "yes" to all of these questions, students who have difficulties may not have the same opportunities as students without disabilities. 

1. Can students in wheelchairs get into the school bathrooms? 

2. Are the bathroom stalls large enough to roll a wheelchair into?

3. Can students in wheelchairs go through your cafeteria lunch line?

If you didn't answer "yes" to all three questions, tell your teacher about the following website on accessibility guidelines:

The Accessible Bathroom
Plan a Safe and Accessible Bathroom.  This webpage has guidelines for you to follow.

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Redesign Your School Restroom

Use graph paper to draw your school restroom like architects do.  Be sure to include all the bathroom fixtures (sinks, toilets, etc.) around the walls.  Then click on the links below to see examples of an accessible restrooms and compare your drawing with it.  See if your school restroom is accessible for kids in wheelchairs.
 

• Accessible Bathroom

• Accessible Dressing Room

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People

The people featured on these websites may be able to  help you with your Web Quest. 

Canine Companions
This website explains the role dogs play in helping people with disabilities do personal-care activities such as picking up items they have dropped.  Read about service dogs, hearing dogs, and facility dogs.  You can also learn how you can become a puppy raiser.