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Disability Culture & Awareness

Disability Culture & Awareness. 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.

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Disability Culture & Awareness

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  1. Disability Culture& Awareness • 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 Trainers: William Hoar & David Ray Walker

  2. Housekeeping Disability Culture& Awareness Attendance Sheet Accommodation Facilities Lunch The Ask-it-Basket

  3. 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 Agenda Disability Culture& Awareness

  4. Objectives 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

  5. About Windmills& the ADA Disability Culture& Awareness

  6. ADA Overview • Americans with Disabilities Act was signed on 26 July 1990 • Congressional findings • Parts of the ADA Title 1: Employment Title 2: Public Services Title 3: Public Accommodation Telecommunications Provisions Misc. Provisions Disability Culture& Awareness

  7. Windmills • Developed in 1981 & revised in 1992 • Examines attitudes and behaviors • Windmills symbolism Don Quixote “Tilting at windmills” The Impossible Dream A little wind/a lot of work Disability Culture& Awareness

  8. Empathy Disability Culture& Awareness

  9. ADA &the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Disability Culture& Awareness

  10. Language& Etiquette Disability Culture& Awareness

  11. The Ten CommandmentsVideo Disability Culture& Awareness

  12. Pick-a-Disability Disability Culture& Awareness

  13. In the Workplace Disability Culture& Awareness

  14. A Credo for SupportVideo Disability Culture& Awareness

  15. Wrap-up& Evaluations Disability Culture& Awareness

  16. Objectives 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

  17. Disability Culture& Awareness Thanks for your participation Trainers: William Hoar & David Ray Walker

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