Disability Understood

Course details

This online course has been developed to help people better understand disability issues and to enhance the daily interactions and relationships with people with disabilities.

The course, which was developed by people with extensive experience in the field, tries to look at disability in a different way. Not as a challenge for the person labelled disabled (which it is) but a challenge to the person taking the course to see what they can do differently to include people with disability more in society.

Who Is This Course For?

This course is intended for anyone who wish to engage and participate with people with disabilities in, for example:

• Their workplace
• A local club
• A community group, or,
• A wider public setting

Learning Objectives

After successfully completing the course you should be able to:

• Define what is meant by the term ‘disability’ and appreciate how many people have a disability
• Identify the models that are used to define disability and explain what effect these have on people with disability in society
• Outline the principles of disability etiquette
• List the issues that can arise for a person with disability in work
• Identify the legislation that governs disability in Ireland
• Explain what ‘universal design’ is and identify the issues that need to be addressed if we want to create a properly ‘inclusive’ environment
• Discuss the roles played by sport, the media and architecture in the inclusion of people with disability in society
• Understand better what role you can play in increasing the inclusion of people with disability

Contents

• What is disability?
• Disability by numbers
• A brief history of disability
• The models of disability
• Social model versus medical model
• Disability etiquette, what is it and what is your score?
• Person first language
• Disability and the law
• Disability in work
• Reasonable accommodation
• Media and disability
• Sport and disability
• What is your role in greater inclusion?

Qualification

Successful completion of the course will lead to OTC certification