We’d love to come to your school to deliver our free disability inclusion programs as part of your curriculum. We have created student learning experiences with heart that have a lasting impact on young people.
Our school inclusion programs, run by people with lived experience of disability, help to break down misconceptions and social barriers, and encourage awareness and inclusion for people with disability. The program is linked to the primary school curriculum areas of Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE) K–10 syllabus.
Maree Jenner, a Community Engagement local area coordinator (LAC), is delivering two disability inclusion programs on the Central Coast. Maree lives with dwarfism and her programs engage young people as she speaks to her own experience of difference and the challenges she faces.
Drawing from Maree’s personal experience of “growing up little” in a world built for average-height adults, she actively challenges the students’ attitudes and thinking around difference, build empathy, encourage them to find inclusive ways of communicating, and to be allies and upstanders for one another at school, within their sports teams and out and about in the community.
Champions for Change aims to build creative thinking in children and young people, using design, technology and imagination to improve accessibility and independence for people with disability, by creating a HelpBot piece of Assistive Tech for people of short stature and other disabilities. Maree encourages children to make change as they apply their awareness and knowledge within their homes and communities.
If your school is interested in participating in these programs, contact Social Futures on 1800 522 679.
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