Overview

This topic examines a range of principles and strategies to promote inclusion, belonging and participation in community for disabled people including people at risk of marginalisation. A focus on creating accessible and inclusive communities and services for disabled people will be considered in a practice and policy framework.

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Aims

This topic ensures students are equipped with knowledge and skills to uphold rights to inclusion, belonging and participation for disabled people in all elements of community. Attention to models of citizenship, community development, working in partnership and universal design principles will be applied to practice.

Learning outcomes

On completion of this topic you will be expected to be able to:
1.
Correlate the need to build community capacity with the benefits of community inclusion for disabled people who are at risk of social isolation or marginalisation to promote a more inclusive society
2.
Apply principles, strategies and practices for collaborative partnerships and co-design with people with disability
3.
Formulate strategies to enable communities and services to be accessible and inclusive for all members of the community

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