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Disability Culture

& Awarene

ss

Trainers:William Hoar &

David Ray Walker

Keep my words positive.Words become my

behaviors.Keep my behaviors

positive.Behaviors become my

habits.Keep my habits positive.

Habits become my values.

Keep my values positive.Values become my

destiny.There is NO dress

rehearsal.This is one day in our

life.

Mahatma Gandhi

Attendance SheetAccommodation

FacilitiesLunch

The Ask-it-Basket

Housekeeping

Disability Culture

& Awareness

Agenda

Morning• Introductions &

Housekeeping• About Windmills• Empathy• ADA & the

Rehabilitation Act• BREAK• Language & Etiquette• Ten Commandments

video

Afternoon• Pick‑a‑Disability• In the Workplace• BREAK• Credo video• Wrap‑up &

Evaluations

Disability Culture

& Awareness

Inclusion• Examine issues of Inclusion and how they impact people with

disabilities.• Apply concepts of Inclusion to related workplace scenarios.

Communication• Identify issues impacting Communication for and with people with

disabilities.• Practice Communicating with others regarding people with

disabilities and issues impacting them in society and the workplace.

Access, including Information, Facilities and Services• Discuss issues related to Access to Information, Facilities and

Services for people with disabilities.Disability Culture

& Awareness

Objectives

About Windmills& the ADA

Disability Culture

& Awareness

• Americans with Disabilities Act was signed on 26 July 1990

• Congressional findings

• Parts of the ADATitle 1: EmploymentTitle 2: Public ServicesTitle 3: Public AccommodationTelecommunications ProvisionsMisc. ProvisionsDisability

Culture&

Awareness

ADA Overview

• Developed in 1981 & revised in 1992

• Examines attitudes and behaviors

• Windmills symbolismDon Quixote“Tilting at windmills”The Impossible DreamA little wind/a lot of workDisability

Culture&

Awareness

Windmills

Empathy

Disability Culture

& Awareness

ADA &the Rehabilitation Act of

1973

Disability Culture

& Awareness

Language& Etiquette

Disability Culture

& Awareness

The Ten Commandments

Video

Disability Culture

& Awareness

Pick-a-Disability

Disability Culture

& Awareness

In the Workplace

Disability Culture

& Awareness

A Credo for SupportVideo

Disability Culture

& Awareness

Wrap-up& Evaluations

Disability Culture

& Awareness

Inclusion• Examine issues of Inclusion and how they impact people with

disabilities.• Apply concepts of Inclusion to related workplace scenarios.

Communication• Identify issues impacting Communication for and with people with

disabilities.• Practice Communicating with others regarding people with

disabilities and issues impacting them in society and the workplace.

Access, including Information, Facilities and Services• Discuss issues related to Access to Information, Facilities and

Services for people with disabilities.Disability Culture

& Awareness

Objectives

Disability Culture& Awareness

Trainers:William Hoar &

David Ray Walker

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