Session 03
Dr Catherine Walter Senior Lecturer in Education, Institute of Education London

Equal Opportunity and Diversity in ELT - connecting with Disability

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• We are way behind in our training of teachers. We have to proactively say we want disabled people on our courses, in our profession.
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• Where is the visibility surrounding disability in our textbooks? Where are the guidelines?
  
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• Accreditation requirements need to look again at what is expected of language teaching organisations.
  
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• The legal definition of disability requires us to provide reasonable adjustment. Disability is not about how an individual is but how individuals, attempting to partake in activity are required to themselves adjust to barriers put there by society.
  
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• Each person with a disability is different, regardless of what they might share with others
  
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• What would help communities of teachers know more about what different disabilities mean and how to work with them?
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• What can organisations like the British Council do?
  
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• What can organisations such as exam boards influence how teachers understand and work with disability?
  
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