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Disability Equality Training (DET)
Trail out Session to ESCAP
By Disabled Peoples’ International Asia Pacific
(DPI/AP)
E-mail: [email protected]
Course Aim:
 To enable people to develop an understanding of
disability that is based on the Social Model of
Disability and to identify areas within their
community, organization, venue, etc. that could be
changed to promote the participation of people with
disabilities.
 Objectives:
 To realize and recognize famous people who have a
disability;
 To identify language which is offensive to persons with
disabilities and use more acceptable terms;
 To begin to question and challenge attitudes and levels
of awareness regarding disability;
 To critically examine the Medical Model and introduce
the Social Model of Disability.
Famous People (20 min)
 Facilitators provide a list of famous people
(PowerPoint);
 Participants work in pairs;
 Each pair discusses if the famous people they are given
have a disability and what kind of disability they have;
 Each pair shares what they discuss to others
 Facilitators wrap up the session.
Word Power (20 min)
 Participants work in pairs;
 Each pair will be given a word to discuss whether it has
a negative/positive /neutral meaning/image;
 Each group presents their discussion;
 Let participants give feedback;
 Facilitators wrap up the session (PowerPoint).
Attitudes and Awareness (20 min)
 Divide the participants into groups of 3-4;
 Facilitators give a group a message regarding
beliefs/prejudices/misperception on disability to
discuss if they agree with the message or not and why;
 Each group sends a representative to report their
discussion;
 Facilitators wrap up the session (PowerPoint).
Talk Video (25 min)
 Participants watch the Talk Video (12 min.);
 Participants give feedbacks regarding what they have
learned from the video;
 Facilitators wrap up the session.
Medical Model and Social Model of Disability
(30 min)
 Facilitators present the concepts of medical model and
social model of disability (PowerPoint);
 Divide participants into groups of 3-4;
 Each group will be given a medical-model sentence to
discuss and later change it to a social-model one
(markers and flip charts);
 Each group presents their sentence;
 Facilitators wrap up the session.
Thelma Kay, Chief of Social Development Division, and Mr.
Massimiliano Casciana
Chief , Organisational Development and Staffing Unit, gave
welcome address to participants.
Ms. Saowalak Thongkuay, Regional Development Office (RDO)
Mr. Sawang Srisom, Assistant Regional Development Office (Asst RDO)
Disabled Peoples’ International Asia Pacific Office (DPI/AP)
Participants actively input during group discussion.
Ms. Keiko Osaki, Chief, Population and Social Integration Emerging Social Issues
Division and Ms. Aiko Akiyama, Social Affairs Officer, Social Development Division
(SDD),UNESCAP.
Participants were from Social Development Division,
ILO,CMU, Policy and Population division and DPI/AP
colleagues .
Group representatives are sharing the output of
the discussion
Apart from DET, exercise session on how to assist persons with disabilities,
Demonstrate by DPI/AP, Association of the Blind and Mr. Massimiliano Casciana
Chief , Organisational Development and Staffing Unit,
Representative from Association of the Deaf and her interpreter
presented on how to assist and communicate with Persons with hearing
impairment.
Ms. Avantika Pandeya ,
Associate Human Resources Officer , Organisational
Development and Staffing Unit, demonstrate how to assist
wheelchair users
Practice and exercise on technique to assist persons with
physically impairments and wheelchair users, demonstrated by
DPI/AP .
Summary
1. To be famous people, Self determination and clear goal setting are key
factors whether who you are , person with or without disability;
2. Language carries intent how we think about people or things is reflected
in language that we use and this translated into action;
3. There is a huge different between attaching a label to another person and
choosing how to describe and mane oneself because one action disempowers
, the other empowers;
4. Attitude is a root of barriers;
5. Awareness toward Disability rights is very helpful to society to rethink
about social services that they should realize to their qualities , their choices
and their contribution to human resource development and view persons
with disabilities as consumers rather than recipients.;
6. Social Model encourages everyone to review their attitude and
understanding to disability and to address what changes they might make
towards overcoming the barrier that exclude persons with disabilities form
full participation in society.
Why we have to do DET at ESCAP ?
United Nations Inter-Agency Support Group for the Convention on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities (IASG) established to support the implementation of The UN
Convention ( kindly see next 2 slides), regarding to this, DPI/AP along with
Social Development Division (SDD),UNESCAP set up inter working on the
implementation of CRPD in ESCAP body.
There are 2 majors components as ;
1. Attitude and Awareness by Disability Equality Training (DET);
2. Improvement physically barriers by Accessibility audit.
Implementation within United Nations: Interagency Support Group
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United Nations Inter-Agency Support Group for the Convention on
the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (IASG) established.
First meeting was held in December 2007
Through the IASG, the United Nations will support the States
parties, based within a framework of coordinated planning and
action.
The IASG will ensure that the programmes and policies of the
United Nations are inclusive of persons with disabilities, and will
work to strengthen recognition of and respect for the principles of
the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Membership of the IASG: United Nations departments, regional
commissions, agencies, funds and programmes whose work is
relevant to the Convention.
Source: www.worldenable.net
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Implementation within United Nations: Interagency Support Group
 United Nations Inter-Agency Support Group for the Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities (IASG) established.
 Through the IASG, the United Nations will support the States parties,
based within a framework of coordinated planning and action.
 The IASG will ensure that the programmes and policies of the United
Nations are inclusive of persons with disabilities, and will work to
strengthen recognition of and respect for the principles of the
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
 Membership of the IASG: United Nations departments, regional
commissions, agencies, funds and programmes whose work is relevant
to the Convention.
Source: www.worldenable.net
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