Easter Seals, one of the countrys leading non-profit providers of disability services, has release a free curriculum aimed at teaching children about peers who have disabilities -- including fellow students who have disorders such as ADHD

The Easter Seals website describes the curriculum as follows:

FRIENDS WHO CARE® is designed to help children better understand what it means and how it feels to be a young person with a disability. This educational program gives students the opportunity to learn what is involved when someone has a disability and how they adapt to live life, go to school, or work as independently as possible.

The curriculum explores a range of disabilities and includes specially crafted learning activities, hands-on exercises, guided discussions and guest speakers. It starts with an introduction to disability, and looks at vision, hearing, and physical disabilities and then at learning disabilities including ADHD, autism and intellectual disabilities.

The curriculum is designed for use in the classroom or at home, and can be downloaded for free at www.easterseals.com/friendswhocare.

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