Disability awareness--do it right!
Subtitle: your all-in-one how-to guide : tips, techniques & handouts for a successful awareness day
By: from the Ragged Edge Online community ; Mary Johnson, editor.
Contributors: Johnson, Mary, 1948-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Advocado Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Louisville, KY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 118
ISBN-13: 9780972118910
Subjects: People with disabilities -- Public opinion; Discrimination against people with disabilities; Disability awareness; Disability awareness -- Problems, exercises, etc; Disability Awareness Day -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Genres: Problems, exercises, etc.; Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Other titles: Ragged edge online.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: pt. 1. Becoming aware. Awareness and prejudice. The prejudice of ableism. "Everything you learned is wrong" : unintended lessons of disability simulations. Learning to recognize ableism. Ableism's personal toll; title: pt. 2. Planning and carrying out a successful awareness day. What's your goal? what's your objective? Organizers, escorts and allies. Designing awareness day activities. Beyond awareness day : ongoing work and support. Your countdown calendar. Marketing and media. Work for allies; title: pt. 3. Appendix A: Ready resources. Appendix B: How to provide 'alternative' formats for your handouts. Appendix C: Books and movies. Appendix D: Short readings. Appendix E: Articles about disability simulations from Ragged Edge. Appendix F: Event access checklist.