Learning About Disabilities & Inclusion

For Students: PBS LearningMedia Collection

This collection of videos and activities, is appropriate for grades 5-13+.

Each segment has been carefully selected to engage students in concepts of inclusion across the curriculum, and incorporates activities, online resources, and videos to address topics and standards across science, technology, engineering, English language arts, health and physical education, the arts and more. Topics include: Assistive Technologies, Education, Careers, Disabilities & Inclusion, The Arts & Music, Sports & Recreation, Aging and Adult Services and Professional Development.

In this collection:

For Educators On-Demand

Four people in wheel chairs in front of a bus holding pickets signs that say :Buses are for Everyone," "Lift not lies," and Freedom rider."

American Experience “Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disability Act” • On-Demand

5 people with disabilities celebrated for their accomplishments

American Masters: Renegades

Brad Lomax, a black man sitting in a wheelchair with a city scape in the background

Renegades: Brad Lomax: Creating Communities of Care On-Demand

Artwork of white woman with dwarfism wearing a red dress and holding a book, standing on the surface of Mars with the galaxy behind her. Text reads: Judy-Lynn del Rey’s Del Rey Books sold 4.5 million copies of the first Star Wars novel months before the film franchise even began.

Renegades: Judy-Lynn del Rey: The Galaxy Gal – On-Demand

Thomas Wiggins: Composing the Future: A Black Man in a Purple Suit Sitting at a Grand Piano in a Concert Hall

Renegades: Thomas Wiggins: Composing the Future – On-Demand

Artwork of Asian man without his right arm wearing a Hawaiian lei around his neck, standing in front of campaign posters and the U.S. Capitol building.

Renegades: Daniel K. Inouye: Life of Service – On-Demand

Artwork of Black woman kissing a Black baby, with a mural of archival images and cityscape in the background. from RENEGADES Celestine Tate Harrington Building a Legacy

Renegades: Celestine Tate Harrington: Building a Legacy – On-Demand

Audio Description on PBS Videos

Kitty O'Neil in a race car

Renegades: Kitty O’Neil: On-Demand

Cropped shot of a football player in a navy blue jersey holding a football

Concrete Gridiron On-Demand:

Brandon tells his story from the stage of using ASL to bridge a communication gap.

One Way or Another On-Demand:

Two people communicating through Protactile used by DeafBlind to communicate

Protactile: A Language of Touch On-Demand

Positive All Way. Sir Philip Craven pictured

Positive All the Way On-Demand

Two silhouettes superimposed in a photo with a cityscape in the background

Independent Lens: The Tuba Thieves On-Demand

A Good Life

A Good Life • On-Demand

WXXI Productions

The Life Autistic

The Life Autistic On-Demand

2014 USA Paralympic Sled Hockey Team featured in PBS Documentary "Ice Warriors: USA Sled Hockey"

Ice Warriors: U.S. Sled Hockey On-Demand

Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution with picture of Camp Jened in the Catskills and campers in the foreground

Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution On-Demand

Elsa Sjunneson: DeafBlind fencer, hiker, published author

Elsa Sjunneson: DeafBlind fencer, hiker, published author: On-Demand

Samuel Habib sitting in his wheelchair smiling at the camera

My Disability Roadmap: On-Demand

Intelligent Lives: Opening Doors

Intelligent Lives: Opening Doors Playlist On-Demand

Woman Storyteller Standing on a Stage with a microphone

Extraordinary Women from Stories from the Stage On-Demand

3 People Featured in Being You Episode of Roadtrip Nation

Roadtrip Nation: Being You On-Demand

Drawing of Gregory Blackstock

The Great World of Gregory Blackstock: On-Demand

A white male stands in a field with mountains in the background.

Understanding Autism • On-demand

Deconstructing Ableism: A Community Conversation On-Demand

01/25/2024 3:00 pm

A cartoon illustration of two furry students - a squirrel and a beaver with their teacher who is a mole.

Elinor Wonders Why: Ms. Mole’s Glasses On-Demand

PBS KIDS American Sign Language with hands spelling out A-S-L

PBS KIDS Episodes with American Sign Language

Art Medicine Series: Disability, Culture and Creativity Episode Title Card

Art + Medicine: Disability, Culture and Creativity • On-demand

The Inclusion Desk • WXXI News