Disability Awareness

"An original and thought-provoking presentation on disability!"

Our most popular workshop! Choose a course that focuses on (1) educating staff and managers about the needs of employees with disabilities, or (2) training employees to meet the needs of customers or clients with disabilities.


Overview

The course is structured around these (or similar) questions:
  1. What is disability?
  2. How prevalent is disability, now and in the future?
  3. How do disabilities arise?
  4. What is accessibility?
  5. What are barriers?
  6. What is accommodation?
  7. What are the organization's legal requirements?
  8. How are employees with disabilities accommodated?
  9. How do you provide service to customers with disabilities?
 Wheelchair user unable to access a sink in a public washroom due to poor design
Example of a physical barrier. Solution: Cut a "knee-hole" in the counter. Cost including labour: $50.

Level

Introductory

Who should attend?

Everyone.

Course duration

1 - 3 hours.

Longer sessions are more interactive and experiential than shorter ones. We can include, for example: slide shows depicting different kinds of barriers (physical, architectural, informational, political), "barrier hunt" exercises, demonstrations of assistive technologies, and learning disability simulations.

A one-hour session makes a great lunch-and-learn program.

Comments from participants


To host this course...

To discuss hosting this course, send an e-mail or telephone Alan Cantor at 416-406-5098.

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