Aim: To be able treat disabled individuals equally and equitably
Objectives:
By successfully completing this course you will be able to:
- Explain what a disability is
- Describe what is contained in the Equality Act 2010, with regards to preventing discrimination against disabled individuals
- Explain the distinction between visible and invisible disabilities
- Describe the concepts of equality and equity
- Describe the social model of disability
- Identify 10 ways that an individual may require assistance due to a disability
- Identify 5 reasonable adjustments to your behaviour that you can make to assist disabled individuals around you
- Explain why it is important to follow the basics of etiquette, and not to make assumptions about disabled people
Introduction:
Welcome to the Halo Staffing eLearning course for Disability Equality Awareness. In this course we’ll cover the basics of what you need to know in order to be able to begin treating disabled individuals appropriately.
The first section will cover what a disability is, and the number of disabled individuals in the United Kingdom.
From there, we’ll look at the Equality Act 2010, along with direct and indirect discrimination.
After that, the concept of visible versus invisible disabilities will be touched on.
The fourth section will cover the difference between equality and equity.
Following on from that, we’ll look at the social model of disability.
The next section will cover potential types of assistance that can be given to disabled individuals.
The section after that will look at some of the basics of etiquette when interacting with disabled individuals.
Finally, we’ll briefly look at the Disability Confidence Framework.
