Provincial Learning Event Webinar: Disability Awareness

We were pleased to host our May Provincial Learning Event, an engaging and thought provoking session focused on disability, ableism, and equity.

People with disabilities represent the world’s largest minority, and the only minority group that any of us can become a member of at any time. And yet, many continue to experience barriers, prejudice, and bias on a daily basis.

This workshop challenged participants to more fully examine ableist notions of how we think about and label our bodies, minds, and senses.

The session also provided tools to better understand disability, the different types of disability, current language surrounding disability, what ableism is, ways to actively challenge it, and practical tips for disabled people and allies alike to help ensure equity in all that they do.

LET’S’ disability workshops are created, researched, and facilitated by disabled people.

Speaker:

Heather McCain (they/them) is founder and Executive Director of Live Educate Transform Society (LET’S), a non-profit they started in 2005.

Heather built LET’S from a small grassroots organization to an organization that delivers workshops and adds their voice to projects and events across Turtle Island (colonially known as North America).

Heather’s own experiences as an asexual, disabled, neurodivergent, queer, trans person led them to become a well-known and respected advocate, educator, and speaker. Heather works to create equity, celebrate diversity, and educate about and implement accessibility.