I served an LDS mission and two of my companions had pretty big disabilities. One of them was farsighted and his eyes were not able to steady on objects we will call him Steve and I serve with him for 6 weeks. One of them had cerebral palsy and was missing some digits we will call him Bill and I served with him for 4.5 months. While serving with Steve it was very hard for him to read and Bill it was very had for him to do physical actions. So I do feel that I have had some experiences in having to modify my teaching with them for their strengths.
When it comes to teaching I feel that I will use my experiences in how to adapt my assessments for students with disabilities. I know that reading was very hard for me so I had a few teachers read the answers the test to me during recess. I was very good with tests when I could hear the test. Obviously, you may not be able to give a ton of questions but doing an example of assessments such as writing answers on a whiteboard, giving a thumbs up for true and false questions. also giving the chance for kids to answer questions or activities verbally would be a great opportunity, also come clicker questions/interactive tech. But this is not very hard when it comes down to it. As you teach to a variety of abilities (tech, interactive, and demonstrations in drama) you will be able to assess to a variety of abilities. My goal is to help students feel comfortable in assessments so they can worry about what they know instead of how to express it.
http://udloncampus.cast.org/page/assessment_udl#.Wn5_qqO-JmA
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