Adapting to large and diverse groups of students is proving to be really really complicated. Apart from the usual diversity that I cater for, such as students who need extension or revision activities, in my EFL class there are some students who have some special needs.
Student X: S/he cannot see very well, so I resize all the photocopies to make them bigger. No problem then.
Student Y: S/he has a hearing disability, so I vocalize and try and speak in front of her. I do sometimes forget, though, and turn my back or start walking miles... oh gosh! I feel so bad!
Student Z: With Asperger syndrome, the only thing I know so far is that s/he misunderstands irony and s/he is a little bit 'obsessed' with the textbook syllabus order. I have to do some research into it.
Moral? "If everyone played lead guitar you wouldn't have a band - just a very annoying situation, and no music"
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