D.A.N.C.E. for Children

We bring our young adults with disabilities into the school as teachers. They teach what it is to have a disability by example. They talk about their lives and answer questions students may have. It gives kids an opportunity to talk to someone with disabilities in a comfortable setting. This takes a lot of fear of the unknown out of becoming friends with a person with disabilities.

There are performing arts classes throughout the day culminating in an evening concert that is presented to families and community members. The last class is a creative writing class in which students write (or draw pictures) about what they have learned, how it has impacted or changed them, and how they will use this information to help create communities of kindness and inclusion. The best, well-written essays will be chosen and the students writing them will be asked to share them on stage at the evening concert.

Throughout the day, students will be taught parts of a performance, causing interaction between the performers and the audience. They will be asked to stand up in the audience at the evening performance to participate.

Through working together and having persons with disabilities in leadership positions, we are breaking down stereotypes and showing abilities














































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