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Disability Culture
& Awarene
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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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