Inclusion At Disability Challengers
Disability Challengers schemes welcome all disabled children, including those children who need 1:1 support, have complex impairments, medical conditions, children with Autism and emotional and behavioural difficulties. The charity has a non exclusion policy which means that there are some children and young people who access a service at Challengers alone.
It is the charity’s belief that the play environment is the perfect environment for disabled and non-disabled children to develop their understanding and acceptance of each other.
To begin with, the charity develops play and youth schemes exclusively for disabled children. Then, as space allows and the service is established as a ‘secure, strong and familiar place’ for disabled children, they welcome non-disabled children to join the scheme.
The Charity has a commitment to supporting volunteers who often arrive with little experience of disability but are offered training and support to be able to achieve a real sense of understanding that is taken into their own lives and benefits society as a whole.
This and The Disability Challengers Approach represents the charity's developing understanding of the Social model of disability and Inclusion.
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