Ability Awareness Training
We found this great article by Teresa Thomas on DisabilityScoop.com ! We need more outreach committees actively creating awareness and an inclusive environment for all students to learn and play. We especially loved that they were calling it Ability Awareness, "because we want kids to focus on the fact that we all have abilities even though we're different." That's the message we try to send out through our work at The Choice Group- that skill, talent, and hard work aren't exclusive traits but can be fostered in inclusive workplace environments. Kids Get 'Ability Awareness' Training by Teresa Thomas, Mail Tribune/TNS | January 26, 2016 MEDFORD, Ore. – Hayden Allen, 9, gestured wildly as he tried to communicate instructions to his classmates without using words. As he acted out “arranging toy cars in a row,” his classmates guessed that he was counting, dancing and even flying. Hayden finally gave up. “It was hard and frustrating, ...