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OP - I do think that if this child with DS is the only child with a disability in the pre-K class that the teacher should have taken the lead in introducing through social stories and even appropriate level books which one can find in the local library about learning difference or "differing abilities" as is sometimes used with a wide variety of disabilities.  Nowadays, one is apt to see students with mobility devices, visual impairments, hearing systems in the classroom.  DS is different and children become aware earlier because the child with DS has different physical features as well as perhaps functioning as your child has aptly described 'like a 2 year old" in perhaps a class of 4 year olds.  It is is about explaining differences in learning rates, but also that one with a disability is not so different from other children.  Being kind to any person if not always understanding the differences is key.
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OP here again, thanks for this.  It's 'interesting' that DD herself has a noticeable unusual walking/running gait --- she's supposed to 'grow out of' but it likely to be noticeable for a couple more years but none of the kids seem to have noticed or commented on it at this point... (and DD doesn't seem aware of any issue) but I assume that will be coming soon.

I don't think the teacher has addressed it & I was surprised by that. [/quote]

Maybe I'm off base here but given the fact that your daughter has a gait issue I would be concerned about where her tendency to pick on this kid is coming from.  I'm not saying her peers are necessarily picking on her but I think you might want to investigate the possibility that unkind comments have, in fact, been made to your daughter about her walking and running gait.  It would not surprise me that she's giving it to this kid because other kids have been unkind to her.  A teacher who lets teasing go on, or at least doesn't emphasize inclusion, is going to be oblivious.  OP, perhaps you might want to explore this issue.[/quote]

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