2011-12 Education Series: Creating Communities that Work for Everyone
Sponsored by The Ability Center of Greater Toledo, Lucas County Board of Developmental Disabilities, Toledo/Lucas County Commission on Disabilities and State Support Team Region 1
The purpose of this Accessible Communities Education Series is to promote communities that welcome everyone, including people with disabilities. The speakers chosen for this series will present fresh ideas and best practice methods meant to build capacity for the inclusion of individuals with disabilities in their communities. Individuals with disabilities, their families, educators, recreation providers, employers, and community /business leaders will benefit from participation.
The Accessible Communities Education Series is free and open to all interested individuals. Please join us as we build communities that work for everyone.
Mid August, 2012
Norman Kunc and Emma Van der Klift
Broadreach Training and Resources
This presentation is aimed at parents, families, individuals with disabilities. The general community is invited and welcome. Norman will also participate in a graduation ceremony with youth leadership participants and their parents/family members.
Norman Kunc and Emma Van der Klift have spent the last 25 years working to ensure that people with disabilities are able to take their rightful place in schools, workplaces, and communities. Although they are well known advocates within the disability rights community, they prefer to think of themselves as modern day storytellers, continuing the long held tradition of using humor and narrative to initiate self-reflection and social change.
Norman and Emma are co-directors of Broadreach Training and Resources Ltd. They provide in-service and training in the areas of inclusive education, employment equity, conflict resolution, and other disability rights issues. They travel extensively throughout North America and abroad working with school districts, human service agencies, employers and advocacy groups. Emma and Norman have collaborated on a number of writing projects, including one chapter discussing the underlying power dynamics in a helper/helpee relationship, and another chapter challenging the perspective of disability as a deficiency.
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