Universal Design for Learning believes that learning is the dynamic interaction of the individual with the environment or context. In other words, when we think about learning, we also have to think about the environment or context where that learning is happening. 

 

Learner ability or perceived disability is at that intersection where the individual interacts with the environment or context. 

 

Visit the Understood website and explore "Through Your Child's Eyes". As you watch consider where and when the children are "disabled". In what environment or context are they not disabled? What is the intersection? What can we change about the environment and context to support these learners? What technology might "level the playing field"?