Disability Equality Training

I have been working as a freelance Disability Consultant and Equality Trainer since March, 1989. My experience extends across all areas of concern from daily living, education and training to employment, self-employment and transport. The services I provide include: Disability Equality Training, Assistive Technology Training, Web Site Evaluation, Access to Business, Education & the Arts for Visually Impaired People.

Although great strides have been made since 1989 in relation to disability inclusion, the need for these services is as pressing today as it was when I first established my consultancy.

My qualifications include:

  • Telford College, Edinburgh: City & Guilds 7307 Certificate in Teaching Adult Learners, achieved June, 2005
  • Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh: Social Science and Health Bsc (HONS) achieved October, 2002.
  • Thames Valley University, London: RSA Certificate in Counselling Skills and Personal Development achieved 1996.
  • Registration and certificate in Leadership achieved July, 2007 with the Disability Rights Commission.
  • Registration as a Disability Equality Trainer/Consultant achieved April, 2004 with the organisation: Disability Equality in Education, London; March, 2004 with Capability Scotland, Edinburgh and 1989 with the London Boroughs’ Disability Resource Team, London.
  • 1989 Small Business Course, provider: London Borough of Ealing

    • See sample Disability Training Programmes below:

    Sample 1:

    Welcome: Visually Impaired Visitors and Artists

    Staff Training Programme

    13.00 p.m. Introduction, Aim and outline of Course
    13.10 p.m. What do you want from this training?
    13.25 p.m. What are the requirements of visually impaired people visiting art galleries?
    13.40 p.m. Demonstration: How to guide visually impaired visitors correctly
    13.50 p.m. Visual Impairment: myths and facts!
    14.00 p.m. Describing/interacting - It’s Easy!
    14.10 p.m. Describing/interacting in Ernest
    14.30 p.m. Practical activity: guiding and describing in a gallery or workshop setting
    14.50 p.m. Feedback
    15.00 p.m. Tea/Coffee Break
    15.15 p.m. Information in alternative formats
    15.35 p.m. Designing a tour/workshop for visually impaired visitors
    16.05 Publicising your accessible service
    16.25 p.m. One Thing You Have Learned Today
    16.30 p.m. final comments and Close

    Sample 2:

    Disability Equality in Action

    General Training Programme

    10.00 a.m. Introduction and Aim of Course.
    10.05 a.m. Participants’ current disability involvement
    10.15 a.m. What is the difference between Disability Awareness and Disability Equality Training?
    10.30 a.m. Some Facts About Disability.
    10.45 a.m. The Social Model of Disability - what is it?
    11.15 a.m. Tea/Coffee Break
    11.30 a.m. DVD: ‘Talk’
    11.50 a.m. The main barriers to disability social inclusion.
    12.15 p.m. What do you think the barriers might be to the service you provide?
    12.30 p.m. Lunch.
    13.30 p.m. Preferred Disability Language.
    14.00 p.m. Communicating with different impairment groups.
    14.30 p.m. Assistive Technology - a tool for inclusion
    15.00 p.m. Tea/Coffee Break.
    15.15 p.m. Consultation with Disabled People - Question: What does this actually mean in practice and what methods should be used?
    15.35 p.m. Disability in an employment/everyday setting
    15.55 p.m. Feedback to whole group
    16.05 p.m. Recapping - things you have learned today.
    16.20 p.m. Final Questions and Comments.
    16.30 p.m. Close.

    For further information, please contact me at:
    rositamckenzie@blueyonder.co.uk