[PVCpirate]

I have a muscle disease that impairs my strength and walking ability. When I was on a team, I wasn't in a wheelchair, so I didn't have that issue. I couldn't do much machining, but I worked on design, CAD, fundraising, scouting and Chairman's at different times over 4 years. The team was great, didn't treat me any differently except for stuff related to the disability, and made sure I wasn't sitting by myself at the bottom of the bleachers (because I can't climb stairs).

The biggest thing I can stress is to treat a person with a disability as just a person. Don't assume they can't do something because of their disability(unless it's really obvious), ask questions so you don't miss a way for a student to participate on the team.

People have varying comfort levels with talking about their disabilities. Personally, I have no problem answering sincere questions about it and joking about it, but not everyone is the same. Make sure the team becomes aware of this and acts accordingly.

As far as tools go, I would imagine power tools are out(but who knows?), but I'm sure there is some way a visually impaired student could contribute in a shop. I'm not sure what kind of adaptive tools would be useful in this situation, I would just suggest keeping an open line of communication with the student so that you know what they're interested in doing and what they need to do so.