ABILITY AWARENESS...EMPATHY...INCLUSION...MUTUAL GROWTH

The Ability Awareness Program (AAP) aims to promote understanding, acceptance and appreciation of individual learning and ability differences through fun, experiential activities.  So far more than a dozen public middle schools in Mountain View, Los Altos and Palo Alto, California have successfully conducted the program on site.  The elementary school program includes a full week of activities, in full assembly, in-class and school-wide.  The middle school program takes one hour per student group.  You may select activities from the menu a la carte.

Parent volunteers involve students in activities designed to simulate different disabilities to experience first-hand what it is like to be disabled.  Guided discussions address issues of acceptance, inclusion, making friends and celebrating differences.

This website provides free materials such as sample schedules, communication templates, suggested scripts, and budgeting tools so that you can easily conduct the program at your school.  Please browse through our web site to find out more about AAP. You can download our tools individually on various web pages, or all at once here.  Consulting is available upon request.