Disability Awareness Training
The content of the course covers the following:
- Introduction to Disability Awareness Training
- Disability statistics in Ireland
- Definition of disability to include ‘Disabled person and person with a disability’
- Diversity within disability
- Challenging assumptions about disability
- Legislation & disability discrimination
- Reasonable accommodation & barriers to inclusion
- Disability awareness in supporting colleagues &service provision
- Respectful communication & disability etiquette
- Creating a disability inclusive workplace