Disability Awareness Training, Audits
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Disability awareness is an important part of establishing inclusion for people with disability. Often our fears and discomfort about interacting with people with disability is based on lack of knowledge, uncertainties, and stereotypes that can influence your attitudes.
It makes sense that the more informed you are, the more likely that you will feel comfortable communicating and interacting with someone with a disability at work, in education and training or in your community.
Audits and Certification
Our Disability Awareness Program is designed to educate and sensitize individuals about the challenges and experiences of people with disabilities. The program typically includes workshops, interactive activities, and seminars focusing on understanding various types of disabilities, promoting inclusivity, and challenging stereotypes. It offers training on accessibility, both physical and digital, and discusses legal aspects like the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Our program also emphasizes effective communication skills and the importance of inclusive policies in the workplace. Resources are shared to aid understanding and action, and the program encourages active community involvement and continuous feedback for improvement.
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The primary goal of our Disability Awareness Program is to increase understanding and empathy towards individuals with disabilities. It aims to educate participants about various types of disabilities, challenge preconceptions, and promote inclusivity.
Workshops and Seminars: These are educational sessions that provide information about different disabilities, both visible and invisible. They often include guest speakers who share personal experiences, helping to humanize and bring depth to the topic.
Interactive Activities: These activities are designed to simulate various disabilities, allowing participants to experience some of the challenges faced by individuals with disabilities. For example, using a wheelchair for a day or navigating a space with a blindfold.
Accessibility Training: This component educates about physical and digital accessibility. It covers topics like designing wheelchair-accessible spaces or creating websites that are accessible to people with visual impairments.
Legal and Ethical Considerations: Information about disability rights and laws, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), is provided to ensure that participants understand the legal obligations and ethical considerations surrounding disability.
Communication Skills Training: This part focuses on how to communicate effectively and respectfully with individuals with disabilities, covering topics like appropriate language and sensitivity.
Disability Inclusion Policies: The program often includes guidance on creating or improving workplace policies to ensure inclusivity and accommodation for employees with disabilities.
Resource Sharing: Providing resources, such as contacts for local disability services or information about assistive technologies, can be an essential part of the program.
Feedback and Follow-Up: Gathering feedback from participants and planning for ongoing education or adjustments in practices based on this feedback.
Community Involvement: Encouraging participation in community events or volunteer opportunities related to disability awareness and support.
Disability Awareness
Disability Awareness
Our Disability Awareness Program is a dynamic and adaptable course, tailored to the specific needs and context of the organization or community implementing it.
This key program provides participants with a general overview of the latest laws and legislation frameworks which supports the management and inclusion of people with disability in nationally and internationally.
Disability Audits and Reviews
Our workplaces have changed dramatically with the need for disability awareness in our workplaces and communities. Our audits delve into the critical process of evaluating and improving accessibility and inclusivity for individuals with disabilities in various environments, including workplaces, educational institutions, and public spaces. As a community it is important that people with a disability are valued and included.
"Diversity Australia’s program on disability awareness offered us three key delivery mediums. Face to Face, Virtual and Online delivery modules which gave us the latest in learning and resourcing to allow our organisations and our staff to meet the challenges ingrained across many cultural and attitudinal barriers that drive discriminatory behaviours."
Taylor Swift
2023 Disability Services Australia
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Our training commitment
Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the legislative framework which supports people with disability in Australia
- Demonstrate an awareness of the barriers, both environmental and attitudinal, experienced by people with disability and identify ways in which these barriers may be overcome
- Demonstrate an understanding of the concept of disability, both practically and theoretically
- Understand the lived experience of people with disability in Australia, particularly in relation to discrimination
- Demonstrate an understanding of inclusive language and communication principles
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