Lived Experience Alone Does Not Create Inclusion in the Workplace
In my recent conversation with Joanne Lockwood on The Equality Edit, this came through clearly. We spoke about the value of personal experience, the emotional...
Category: Disability Training
Disability awareness training can, like many other taboo subjects, sometimes be hard for delegates to feel confident to engage with. Creating environments where delegates can feel safe and confident to explore their perceptions, challenge thoughts and ideas and ask “taboo questions” can be so important when breaking down barriers and understanding disability.
Celebrating Disability training sessions aim to do exactly that. These articles aim to offer insight into Celebrating Disability training sessions as well as other essential elements to look for when embarking on development for delegates
Disability Awareness Week Celebrations Are Over: What Next?
Every year, we observe Disability Awareness Day (26th July), Disability History Month (14th November to 20thDecember), Disability Pride Month (throughout July), Inclusion Week (15th to 21st September), and International...
How To Write A Training Session That Makes An Impact
How many times have you attended or hosted a training session and walked away unable to articulate the outcome? If your answer is at least...
Training Employees To Be Inclusive Of Disabled People
Training employees to be inclusive of disabled people is essential for creating workplaces where everyone feels valued, supported, and able to thrive. Using the principle of...
Setting Goals for Disability Inclusion
Goal setting is an important part of a disability inclusion strategy. It helps the workplace understand where they are now, where they would like to...
Disability Awareness Session – What’s Your Goal?
What are you doing before and after your disability awareness training session or talk? How are you measuring the impact of the session? How are...
Disability Inclusion – I Did Something
In this blog: When promoting disability inclusion, it’s important to be consider as many factors as possible. Here are some tips to get you started....
Disability Awareness Training Benefits
In This Blog: there are many benefits to disability awareness training. Within this blog, we have listed just 7 of these and the ways to...
The Insidious Result of Language
Language surrounding disability has always been a minefield To me, I have always been baffled over the complexity of what people make language to be....
Using the experiences of disabled people to create a better service for everyone
Creating a better service for everyone On a personal note, there are so many occasions (about 4 or 5 a day) where I think “a...