Success also depends on being invited to speak. Disability-focused reading material in waiting areas. A recreation department in one rehabilitation agency provides leisure classes and other services to community members. Many local children take swimming lessons there. The reading material in the area overlooking the pool is filled with articles and magazines about developmental disabilities.
Brochures describe the services provided by other departments of the agency.
While no one is forced to read the articles, many will pick them up out of boredom. Effort is made to ensure that the reading matter is engaging, jargon-free, and changed frequently to keep people reading. Public education campaigns. While many rehabilitation professionals believe that media campaigns are what is needed to raise public awareness, there are many drawbacks which usually make this strategy impractical. Few disability organizations have the human or financial resources for one major campaign, let alone the repeated efforts required to be effective.