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“Before we do that however, we
focus on disability awareness. We
steer students away from the cliché
notion of disability being brave or
inspirational, or even disability as a
tragedy. We hope students come
to realise from our workshops that
people with disability are just as
diverse as they are, with a range of
hopes and dreams, and a range of
things going on in their lives beside
their disability.”
Students participate in hands-on
disability and the importance of
“Working in the sector is not
activities, group exercises, and down- inclusion and participation for people about that. It’s about being an
to-earth discussion with people with with disability in the community. ambassador for the rights and dignity
disability, as well as questions and
“We challenge students to move
of others. If you have a strong sense
answers with workers in the sector. away from the idea that people of social justice, then the disability
They also learn ways to promote working in the sector are angels or sector is a great place to work.”
positive perceptions of people with saints,” Mrs Black said.
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