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  • 2-ROBERT:NEARLY 20 PERCENT OF

  • AMERICANS LIVE WITH THE

  • CHALLENGES OF A DISABILITY --

  • ACCORDING TO THE U-S CENSUS

  • BUREAU.2-SHANNON:LEARNING TO

  • LIVE WITH ONE OF THOSE

  • DISABILITIES CAN BE A TOUGH

  • TASK -- AND NOW A SCHOOL IN

  • LEANDER IS SHOWING STUDENTS

  • WHAT IT'S LIKE FIRST HAND.

  • KXAN'S GIGI BARNETT SHOWS US

  • THE "KIDS FIRST" PROGRAM.UP

  • FOR A CHALLENGE?TRY THIS: USE

  • A MIRROR TO TRACE LETTERS

  • UPSIDE DOWN AND DON'T GET OUT

  • OF THE LINES.STUDENT TALKING

  • TO TEACHER: "IT'S HARD TO

  • DO..."BECAUSE DYSLEXIA IS

  • HARD. HERE'S ANOTHER TASK:

  • STUFF A MARSHMALLOW IN YOUR

  • MOUTH AND SPEAK TO A FRIEND.

  • CAN THEY UNDERSTAND YOU?

  • "INDICIPHERABLE SOUNDS"NOPE.

  • THAT'S WHAT IT'S LIKE LIVING

  • WITH A SEVERE SPEECH

  • IMPEDIMENT. ALL OF THESE

  • CHILDREN ARE STUDENTS AT

  • REAGAN ELEMENTARY IN CEDAR

  • PARK.THEY'RE PART OF THE "KIDS

  • FIRST" PROGRAM. IT'S A PTA-

  • SPONSORED LESSON THAT SHOWS

  • STUDENTS HOW DISABILITIES --

  • LIKE ADHD, MOBILITY CHALLENGES

  • AND AUTISM -- AFFECT THE

  • PEOPLE WHO HAVE THEM. REAGAN

  • ELEM. STUDENT VIOLET

  • WROBLEWSKI: "I GOT

  • A LITTLE FRUSTRATED. CAUSE

  • KIDS WITH AUTISM AND ALL OF

  • THAT GET FRUSTRATED, TOO. BUT,

  • IT'S JUST HOW LIFE IS. THE

  • SCHOOL SAYS THAT LEVEL OF

  • UNDERSTANDING IS A WEAPON

  • AGAINST BULLYING. IT ALSO

  • TEACHES ABLE-BODIED CHILDREN

  • HOW THEY CAN HELP STUDENTS

  • WITH DISABILITES.HEATHER

  • MARTINEZ, PARENT: "HE USES A

  • DEVICE TO COMMUNICATE WITH, SO

  • HE'S NOT ABLE TO BE VERBAL YET.

  • HEATHER MARTINEZ'S SEVEN-

  • YEAR-OLD SON HAS AUTISM.SHE

  • SAYS MOST CHILDREN ARE PATIENT

  • WITH HIM -- FOR NOW. MARTINEZ:

  • "AS THEY GET OLDER, IT'S

  • EASIER TO PULL AWAY FROM

  • THINGS YOU DON'T KNOW. I FEEL

  • LIKE TARGETING YOUNGER

  • CHILDREN HELPS."SCHOOL LEADERS

  • SAY THE "KIDS FIRST" PROGRAM

  • IS A FIRST FOR LEANDER ISD AND

  • IT'S ONLY FOR SECOND GRADERS

  • AT REAGAN ELEMENTARY RIGHT

  • NOW. BUT THE SCHOOL PLANS TO

  • EXPAND IT TO ALL GRADES NEXT

  • YEAR. GIGI BARNETT, KXAN NEWS.

  • SHANNON:ACCORDING TO THE

  • NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH,

  • BETWEEN 15 AND 20 PERCENT OF

  • AMERICANS ARE AFFECTED BY

  • LEARNING DISABILITIES AND

  • DISORDERS.SHANNON: THAT WORKS

  • OUT TO NEARLY 57 MILLION

  • PEOPLE. MORE THAN 4-AND-A-HALF

  • MILLION OF THEM ARE CHILDREN.

  • MANY OF THOSE CHILDREN ALSO

  • SUFFER WITH ATTENTION DEFICIT

2-ROBERT:NEARLY 20 PERCENT OF

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