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As Day 1 comes to a close we welcome this #DisabilityRC public hearing as an opportunity to talk how we can make education inclusive for everyone, and not set young people on a lifelong pathway to segregation. 🧵 #IncludeUsFromTheStart (1/5)
Many students with an intellectual disability don’t go to a mainstream school. Instead, they are told they have to go to a segregated school. When students with an intellectual disability go to a segregated school, they rarely go back to a regular school. #DisabilityRC (2/5)
This means people don’t mix with or get the same education as students without disability. As a result, they are more likely to end up living in a group home and going to day services, or working in a sheltered workshop for pay rates below the minimum wage. (3/5)
Useful tip for researchers - include an #EasyRead summary to make your research more accessible for people with learning disabilities. You can also re-use the text to summarise your research on twitter. Thread with an e.g. 👇#AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter
Recent report written with @B_Rohwerder & others on the impact of #COVID19 on people with disabilities in #Nepal and #Bangladesh 🇧🇩🇳🇵♿️ids.ac.uk/publications/b…
We asked 35 people with disabilities in Bangladesh (20 people) and Nepal (15 people) to tell us about their lives during the COVID-19 outbreak. They had different disabilities such as deafblindness, intellectual disabilities and psychosocial disabilities.
#HaveYourSay: the #ElectionAccessFund Bill is open for submissions – tell the Governance and Administration Committee what you think by midnight 27 July, 2018. Learn more about this bill & make your submission:
👉bit.ly/EAFBNZ #nzpol
👉bit.ly/EAFBNZ #nzpol
If you want to learn how to make a submission or talk to a select committee, we've put together a few handy guides (including #EasyRead and #NZSL resources): bit.ly/2IxMvBZ #nzpol
