Accessible Canada-Accessible World Challenges Pilot: Challenge of Changing the Public Narrative Around Disability
taught by: Shawn Lawton Henry, Peter Slatin
Session Summary
Challenge of Changing the Public Narrative Around Disability.
Description
AccessU is pleased to present a pilot and trial run of an innovative format to be used later this month for the Accessible Canada-Accessible World (ACAW) Conference in Montreal Canada and online. ACAW is designed to directly engage stakeholders in considering current challenges that face the disability community and to develop a planned approach to address the challenge. The outcomes are intended to be actionable and will be put into place following the event.
At AccessU we will are addressing two challenges, one at each of the two sessions. A facilitator, a provocateur, and a scribe will be on hand to guide and capture the community dialogue. The challenge we are considering in this session is related to the Theme #4 –Accessible and Equitable Communications. The challenge statement that we will ask participants to engage with is:
Changing Disability Narratives Online: How can we change the online narrative regarding disability and accessibility?
Session roles:
- Facilitator: Shawn Henry
- Provocateur: Peter Slatin
- Scribe: TBD
- Room host: Sharron Rust
There will be no formal presentation during the session. ACAW has provided a flipped model where resources are available for optional viewing in advance. These are meant to lay a foundation for discussion leading to solutions to the stated challenge. Participation is encouraged from both local and remote attendees.
Links to (optional) resource list:
(These are external resources and may have accessibility issues.)
- Living at the Intersection: A New Narrative for Disability. This is a quick read that outlines issues and looks at social trends.
- Alice Wong and the Disability Visibility Project (video)
- Power of Diverse Disability Representation in Media (blog)
- Narrative Change and Disability with Imani Barbarin (podcast)
- Taking Action: How to Change the Narrative (PDF)
- Disability Messaging Guide (article)
- How to Change the Narrative (website)
Following the one hour engagement session, we will spend 30 minutes in debrief of the format to provide pilot data to ACAW organizers.