Hi Claire,
It depends how adventurous and shocking you want to be. I once did an
awareness day at a university union where all notice boards and stairs were
blocked off so people couldn't read the information or get to large sections
of the building. This was followed up by a talk on equal access to premises
and information. I also held a games evening once at a school where
participants had to carry out normal day-to-day tasks either blindfolded,
with earplugs etc. However, a really effective medium which we've actually
used at Dewsbury College was to get in a local disabled theatre group to
perform. I think there are now quite a few of those in the country. Some of
them use a format where they play out a scene to do with a certain
disability. Then they replay it, but the audience has to stop them if they
think someone has acted inappropriately or could have handled a situation
differently. I think this is a really powerful medium and shouldn't upset
the health and safety staff or other people like the other activities might
well do.
I'd be really interested to know how it is going.
Regards
Elvira Haeussler
Dewsbury College
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From: Clare Hughes
Sent: 02 October 2003 10:55
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Subject: disability awareness week
We are thinking of holding a disability awareness week at our college in the
Spring term
any ides of activities that have worked well at other colleges would be very
gratefully received
thanks
Clare
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