Children and Disability Hate Crime — Terminally Tough

Our Disabled Weevl bloggers Team look out for each other and rise to the occasion when it comes to tackling Disability hate Crime. 

My regular readers are aware that I have been on the receiving end of some pretty horrendous disability hate crime. Sadly, even in 2020 these kinds of discrimination are still rife and its only getting worse. Organisations like Stop Hate UK are a lifeline for those of us dealing with and recovering from such encounters […]

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Online Week 23rd March

Our goal is to enrich the experience of those with a disability using online processes. We want to make heard the ‘voice’ of those with intellectual disabilities and create a safe & secure platform for those to extend their social circles of support. We want to assist people to maintain connections where they experience isolation. This takes many forms both technical and participatory, in enabling those who find themselves on the digital periphery. Come and join us in celebrating those we exist to serve by finding out how you can make a difference to people’s lives.      https://www.parkviewprojectne.com/ We are a drop in centre operating between 12.00 noon to 6.30 pm Tuesday and Wednesday each week. This is a European wide event involving anyone involved in making online access to all.

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Cyber-Bullying: Bullying of The Most Devastating Kind — Chateau Cherie

Say no to bullying!

I’m fortunate enough to have grown up in a time when cyber bullying was unheard of. When I was in school, “Street Bullying” or “Playground Bullying” was the type of bullying targets of my generation endured. “Street Bullying” happens face to face. It happens on the playground, in the hallways, the bathrooms and locker rooms […]

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Digital Do

Digital Do is a project devised by young people with a Learning Disability who wanted to have the space in which to develop their personal skills alongside taking control over digital processes. The aim is to plan an event or activity that can be understood as a business that they are responsible for. For example, setting up a community cinema, delivering carpet bowls or anything that focuses on getting people involved. However, to ensure technology is at the forefront of their individual projects they will be encouraged to harvest interest in their offerings using social media and other tech-based skills to maintain communication, marketing, booking and other aspects of managing a business online. 

Assistive Technology IS NOT the “answer” for students struggling with literacy skills — teacherevolution

Interesting view about use of AT for those with intellectual disabilities.

Literacy is central to success in life – academically, socially and financially, but like everything else in life it comes easy to some and much harder to others. Unfortunately, since it is literally the vehicle of education this becomes incredibly problematic if children struggle with literacy skills. We all desperately want a solution to support them in moving along with their classmates, but handing them a computer with assistive technology programming is not the solution we should be leaning towards – it should be intensive, evidence based instruction – both at home and school. For literacy intervention to be successful, there needs to be a “all hands on deck” approach.

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