I’m very sorry to have missed most of this. As someone who works in Learning and has a physical disability then this is exactly the sort of campaign that’s dear to my heart. As it should be for all learning professionals of course.
You can read more about it here http://www.mencap.org.uk/campaigns/learning-disability-week —and then maybe take the time to tell others about this issue.
I’m fortunate in that I’ve never experienced hate crime as a result of my disability. (Though I regularly encounter intolerance, harsh words and a lack of understanding from others about my condition which, at times, is deeply depressing for me.) But hate crime is something else – these case studies make difficult reading: http://www.mencap.org.uk/node/11664
As with so much in life, a little patience and acceptance of others is the key to building a productive and meaningful society. To get to this point we simply need to build our awareness of other peoples’ lives by reading, questioning, listening and observing. Or learning as I like to call it.
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