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Overview
Advances the rights and participation of disabled people in community, education and work. Grounded in the social model and the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities, with practical inclusion planning.
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Aims of the Course
- Apply rights frameworks to inclusion practice
- Identify and remove participation barriers
- Support choice, control and independent living
- Design inclusive services and programmes
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Course Structure
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Rights Frameworks
- UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Equality legislation basics
- Social versus medical model
- Advocacy and self-determination
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Barriers and Access
- Physical and environmental barriers
- Communication and information access
- Attitudinal and institutional barriers
- Access audits
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Inclusive Service Design
- Co-design with disabled people
- Reasonable adjustments in practice
- Universal design principles
- Personalisation and choice
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Work and Livelihoods
- Inclusive recruitment
- Workplace adjustments
- Supported employment models
- Enterprise and self-employment routes
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Community Participation
- Inclusive events and activities
- Sport, arts and culture access
- Transport and independent living
- Relationships and social connection
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Inclusion Plan
- Audit a service or programme
- Design an inclusion improvement plan
- Engage disabled participants
- Implementation and review
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Learning Outcomes
- 01Explain rights frameworks relevant to inclusion
- 02Complete an access audit of a service
- 03Design an inclusive programme with participants
- 04Recommend reasonable adjustments lawfully
- 05Produce an inclusion improvement plan
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Assessment
- Access audit report
- Inclusion plan and implementation
- Rights framework assessment
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Entry Requirements
- Open access
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Progression and Careers
- Inclusion officer
- Disability support coordinator
- Access advisor