Learning at another pace
is not learning less.
Intellectual disability affects cognitive functioning and adaptive behaviour. With the right support, every student can move forward, take part and belong in the classroom.
1%
of the world’s population have an intellectual disability. In Spain, over 268,000 people hold a certificate of intellectual disability.
OMS, 2023 · Base Estatal Discapacidad, IMSERSO
84%
of students with special educational needs attend mainstream schools in Spain.
Ministerio de Educación, curso 2022-23
85%
of intellectual disabilities are mild. With the right support, these students can follow the curriculum with adjustments.
AAIDD, 2021 · Plena Inclusión
We can help.
Visual schedule
With ARASAAC pictograms
Personalised routine
Morning, afternoon, night
Visual supports
Sequences and boards
Communication cards
For AAC
Token economy
Star reinforcement
My sibling has ID
Age-adapted explanation
Exam supports
Simplification and visuals
Transition
Early years, primary, secondary, adult life
Development timeline
Milestones by age
Choose a category.
What intellectual disability is
Definition, degrees, figures and the law. The first things a teacher needs to know.
Classroom adjustments
A flexible curriculum, adapted assessment, easy reading. What works in mainstream schools.
Independence and adaptive behaviour
Daily living skills, self-determination and planning the move into adult life.
Classroom resources
Pictograms, communication apps, adapted materials and inclusive methods.
People to look to
People with an intellectual disability who have broken through. Films, speeches and real lives.
News
In their own words.
🇪🇸 España
“The disability isn’t mine. It belongs to the society that won’t give me the chance.”
Pablo Pineda
The first European with Down’s syndrome to earn a university degree, in teaching and then in educational psychology. Actor, speaker and role model.
🇪🇸 España
“I want to thank the Academy for telling apart what is beautiful from what is merely pretty. How lovely that you recognise the beauty is inside.”
Jesús Vidal
Actor with a visual disability. Winner of the 2019 Goya for Best New Actor for Campeones, where he plays a character with an intellectual disability. His speech became a symbol of inclusion.
🇪🇸 España
“I’m not special. I’m ordinary. People just don’t realise it.”
Gloria Ramos
An actress with Down’s syndrome, in Campeones and other productions. She campaigns for jobs and for visibility in the media for people with an intellectual disability.
Bibliography
- Schalock, R. L. et al. — AAIDD (2021). Intellectual Disability: Definition, Diagnosis, Classification, and Systems of Supports (12ª ed.). Washington, DC.
- Wehmeyer, M. L. (2007). Promoting Self-Determination in Students with Developmental Disabilities. Guilford Press.
- Plena Inclusión (2018). Lectura fácil: métodos de redacción y evaluación.
- Verdugo, M. Á. & Schalock, R. L. (2013). Discapacidad e inclusión: manual para la docencia. Amarú Ediciones.
- CAST (2024). Universal Design for Learning Guidelines, version 3.0.
- Mesibov, G. & Shea, V. (2010). Structured Teaching (TEACCH): apoyos visuales y previsibilidad.
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