Learning disability awareness

workshop

Welcome

Today’s learning disability awareness

trainers are…

Kathy Benfield

Ciara Evans

Ground rules

• Confidentiality

• Punctuality

• Participation

• Mobiles off!

Session plan

• Information about learning disability.

• Attitudes towards people with a learning disability.

• Communication and learning disability.

• People with a learning disability as volunteers.

• Course reflection and evaluation.

About learning disability

‘What is a learning disability?’

The medical model of disability

The disabled person is seen as the problem

The social model of disability

• The problem is the disabling world

Attitudes towards learning disability over the last 60

years

The person needs help and carers

The disabled person is

seen as the problem

The person needs to adapt and learn to fit

in

The person should be

pitied

The person should be feared

Professionals decide what is best for the

person

The person is sick

The medical model

Attitudes towards learning disability over the last 60

years

Segregated education

The problem is the

disabling world

Badly designed buildings

Prejudiced attitudes

Inaccessible information

Inaccessible transport

Poverty and low incomes

Poor job prospects

The social model

Communication

• Conform• Accompanies• Amend• Compiled• Financially viable • Subsequent• Substantial• Unique• Participate• Influential• Categorise• Strategic priority

• Fit in• Goes with• Change• Put together• Possible with the money we

have• Next• Large• Only one of its kind• Take part• Having a big effect• Put into order or groups• Important goal in our plan

Easy Read

Barriers to equalityLaura's story

Barriers to equalityLaura strikes back

Making equality happen

• What can you do?

• If someone with a learning disability wants to volunteer you can support them by following some of the steps we have talked about

• Remember everyone has the right to be an equal in society.

Commitment to supporting people with a learning disability to volunteer

• List three things that your teams can do.

• List three things that you as an individual can do.

Any questions?

?

Thank you for coming

Thanks to Photosymbols and Clear Consultants for the images used in this presentation.