Ramping Minds - Disability Awareness Training

Only these actual experiences can define disability. Without these experiences, there can be no real understanding of the need to address access issues.

Meaningful access requires real understanding. Only by actually experiencing some of the disability world can people begin to see the barriers that challenge people with disabilities everyday.

Disability Awareness Training

is the key to effective and comfortable interaction with people with disabilities. It is training that can make employment equity programs more successful and improve customer service. The difference is a staff that is confident with disability issues and can deal appropriately with the changing demographics and demands of our communities.

Ramping Minds

Give participants the language and etiquette skills needed to appropriately serve or work with people with disabilities.
Dispel old stereotypes and assumptions about the capabilities of people with disabilities.
Help participants understand the scope of disability in the community.
To the extent possible, let participants experience for themselves the impact of actually having a disability.

A Typical Training Day

The learning experience provided through these simulations will have a significant impact on participants’ values, attitudes, and sensitivities to disability issues. We cannot over-emphasize the importance of the experiential component of this workshop.

Note: Due to the difficulty in accurately simulating deafness and/or hearing loss, these significant disabilities will instead be discussed in detail in the afternoon seminar session.

Semiar Sessions

Participants take part in group discussions and breakout sessions that cover key disability issues:

The Eight Key Disability Groups
The Statistics/Demographics of Disability
Appropriate Language and Terminolog
Etiquette and Attitudes
Practical Job Related Approches

Included in the participant manual is an etiquette guide and language guide to help people working along side of or providing services to people with disabilities.

Workshop Leaders

All sessions are conducted by industry professionals who are themselves people with disabilities. This ensures that the most relevant information is available to the course participants. More importantly, it creates an opportunity for participants to spend time with people with disabilities in a relaxed and casual environment.

This source of anecdotal information for participants helps complete the true disability picture.

The Company

Canadian Barrier Free Design Inc. has over 12 years of experience in designing and delivering disability awareness training to the public and private sector. We offer training that is developed and delivered by people with disabilities and supported by a seasoned, industry leading company specializing in the access issues of people with disabilities.