I feel that I haven't had that much experience with people with disabilities on really any personal level. The only real experience was during my elementary art ed class our teacher brought in one of his students that he taught at his last school that was disabled. I felt that it was such a beneficial experience to have this person come and sit in the the class and have his be apart of the class community. I felt like having this student allowed for good experience in how to teach students with disabilities and it gave good experience in situations were you as the teacher tend to forget about these studetnts. I remember this one time when in class we were practicing teaching our lessons in a class simulation, and the teacher stopped this one group because this student who is in a wheel chair wasnt able to see, it was something that no one really noticed during but after the teacher made it a point it was something that wasnt forgotten.
I think this experience is important for my teaching because i makes me become noticeably more aware of handicapped students and more aware of the little things that these students need help with because of their limitations and its easy to let these students drift to the back of the class and most likely these students arent going to say anything so its important to be aware of their needs from the beginning.