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Awareness raising about disability

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Awareness raising 2022

  • International Day of Persons with Disabilities 3rd December

    • The new disability essentials online course was launched, with a video AccessAble explaining why it is importation to undertake the course.
  • Learning disabilities awareness week

  • Dementia awareness week 17th - 23rd May

  • Multiple Sclerosis awareness week 19th-25th April

Awareness raising in 2021

 

Awareness raising in 2020

 

  • International Day of Persons with Disabilities 3rd December

    • The International Day of the Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) was founded by the UN, it is a day to raise awareness on challenges faced by people with disabilities, particularly during periods of crisis.).Our first film features Sandra Robilliard, a regular at the Guernsey Disability Swimming Group.She tells us why the Group is so important to her, and the other members, and the amazing achievements she has already achieved.  https://vimeo.com/486534182/9b70feacd8
    • In the second film we meet Autism Hub resident, Liam Callister, and his support worker, Kerry Cawley. The team use a number of ways to communicate with the residents, including verbal prompts and visual aids, which help them explain what they would like to do and where they may like to go, as well as if they are in pain. https://vimeo.com/486520461/2806d319fe
    • The third in our series of short films we meet Alex Houchard. Alex, 19, is a student on the Workforce Academy course, within the Access Department, at the College of Further Education. Now in his third year at the College, Alex spends two days a week in the classroom, and three days a week working in the kitchen of the Delancey Campus Café. https://vimeo.com/486518928/1720433049
  • Human Rights day 10th December

    • To support and highlight the UN Convention for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, we were lucky enough to meet Mark and Judith Pattimore, whose son Alex is a resident at the Autism Hub. https://vimeo.com/489324591/348ed5065e

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