Disability Awareness Month Events

National Disability Employment Awareness Month Program

Session Topics Include

  1. Why this class
  2. Legislative issues
  3. Four segments of the population
  4. Definitions of Disability
  5. The Basics (no matter what the disability)
  6. Reception Etiquette
  7. Don't Make Assumptions
  8. Responding Appropriately to Requests
  9. Terms to Know
  10. Disability Specific Guidelines
    • People who use Wheelchairs and/or Have Mobility Impairments
    • People who are Blind or Visually Impaired
    • People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
    • People with Speech Disabilities
    • Persons of Short Stature
    • People with Difficulty Controlling their Muscles (Such as Cerebral Palsy)
    • People with Uncontrollable Vocalizations or Ticks/Gestures (Such as Tourettes Syndrome)
    • People Who Look Different
    • Hidden Disabilities
    • Seizure Disorders (Such as Epilepsy)
    • Respiratory Disabilities
    • Psychiatric Disabilities (Mental Illness)
    • Cognitive Disabilities
      • Cognitive Impairment / Developmental Disability
      • Learning Disability
      • Traumatic Brain Injury/Acquired Brain Injury
  11. Confidentiality
  12. Service Animals
  13. Conflict Management
  14. When its Someone's Child who has the Disability
  15. Conclusion