Just Different Learning about disability

So good!

Posted By: Anthony, 304 days ago

In school we have speakers come in and talk about many things, but this has been so good because it is appropriate to our lives. Disability and difference is going on all around us and we should be learning about it now.

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Feedback from Magdalen College School

Posted By: Just Different, 1141 days ago

• ‘This has definitely opened my eyes’
• ‘The interactive session was really good. You know it had a serious message but it was fun all the same!’
• ‘I loved the session’
  
• ‘I’ve learnt that the biggest thing is listening and that has really helped my understanding’
• ‘This has made me realise how easy it is to make assumptions about disabled people and stopped me from making them anymore’
• ‘I feel so much less anxious’
• ‘I wouldn’t change a thing about the training, it was perfect’
• ‘It’s opened my eyes to disability’
• ‘Toby is the best speaker I’ve ever seen. I’ve never witnessed the boys so interested and touched by a speaker before. It was brilliant, I’m so glad I came along’ (from a teacher)

Have Your Say

Mrs Reardon, Marden Primary School

There is nothing like actually confronting the issues! I think I speak for a lot of teachers when I say that with little personal experience of disability, it is difficult to talk to the children with real meaning and understanding.

The workshop was a real learning experience for me, and I know that experiences like this are the best way to learn and gain an understanding for children and adults.

The photos and commentary were excellent as it really showed the children that Toby can do the things that they can and enjoys lots of the same things. The photos challenged their ideas on what a disabled person can and cannot do. This fitted in very well and would enrich the learning experience for this aspect of the curriculum.

Thank you so much. I was certainly challenged today and I know the children were too. I admire what you are doing and hope it really takes off as this is a perfect way to introduce children to the issues of disability.

Miss Croucher, Wisborough Green Primary School

Very good! Well-structured, with opportunities for the children to interact, a varied presentation style to keep children focused.

I think it is a very important issue which does not always get enough coverage, and this workshop is a very good way of teaching these areas.

Thank you very much! I think it is very important for the children to have the experiences of working with learning from all different kinds of people and they certainly enjoyed the workshop.

Jen Hindley, Marden Primary School

Wow. What an amazing opportunity for the children to experience and see something that society of today shelters them from. It was thoroughly interesting both for myself and the class.

The children thoroughly enjoyed being able to go in the wheel chair and look at how it all worked. It was really beneficial and the children were talking about it for the rest of the afternoon.

I really hope more of the workshops will continue within schools as they are great for the children. Thank you.