The body has
its own ways.
Motor disability affects movement and posture, but on its own it does not imply an intellectual disability or less wish to learn. With the right support, the student can take part in the classroom.
15,000
students with a physical disability are in pre-university education in Spain.
Ministerio de Educación, 2022
85%
attend mainstream schools. Physical inclusion is possible, and real.
CEAPAT · ASPACE, 2022
1 in 3
personas con parálisis cerebral tiene inteligencia media o superior. La discapacidad motora no implica discapacidad intelectual.
ASPACE, 2022
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A student with a physical disability does not have a learning problem. They have an access problem.
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For a student who cannot speak or write, AAC is their voice.
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Voice, switches, eyes. Technology gives access where the body cannot.
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News
In their own words.
🇬🇧 Reino Unido
“However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at.”
Stephen Hawking
Físico teórico con ELA. Perdió el control de su cuerpo. Se comunicó con un generador de voz. Reveló los secretos del universo desde una silla de ruedas.
🇪🇸 España
“Sport taught me that limits are in the mind.”
Teresa Perales
Nadadora española. Con 28 medallas paralímpicas, la deportista española más condecorada de la historia: iguala a Michael Phelps.
🇺🇸 Estados Unidos
“Adversity is not something that happens to you. It is something that reveals you.”
Aimee Mullins
Paralympic athlete, actress and model. A double below-knee amputee, she has broken world records and appeared on magazine covers.
Bibliography
- CEAPAT-IMSERSO (2012). Catálogo de productos de apoyo y accesibilidad. Madrid.
- Confederación ASPACE (2022). La parálisis cerebral en el ámbito educativo: orientaciones para la inclusión.
- Beukelman, D. & Light, J. (2020). Augmentative and Alternative Communication (5ª ed.). Paul H. Brookes.
- W3C (2018). Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1: acceso motor y adaptaciones.
- CAST (2024). Universal Design for Learning Guidelines, version 3.0.
- Convención de la ONU sobre los Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad (2006), art. 24 (educación inclusiva).
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