Browsing by Author "Wood, Tessa"

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    TEDI 4 Week 1 - Asserting the right to education (Part 1)
    (2019-06-01) Wood, Tessa
    In this video, Tessa Wood, the director of the Western Cape Forum for Intellectual Disability, discusses the foundational work conducted by the Forum and its related support networks in advocating for and supporting the education of children with intellectual disabilities. She talks about the history of centres, organisations and networks that provided care for children with intellectual disabilities prior to the formation of the Forum, and how they cooperated to advocate for education for all children as per the South African Constitution. She discusses the long process of advocacy, negotiation and protest action undertaken by the Forum and how these resulted in legal action once all other opportunities for engagement had failed. She discusses the success of the legal action and how the current system for the education of children with disabilities has improved the educational and care landscape in both the Western Province and in the country at large.
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    TEDI 4 Week 1 - Asserting the right to education (Part 2)
    (2019-06-01) Madikane, Lindelwa; Wood, Tessa
    In this podcast, Tessa Wood interviews Lindelwa Madikane, principal of a special care centre in Khayelitsha, on the outskirts of Cape Town. In the interview, Lindelwa discusses how she became involved in disability and education and support. She further discusses the campaign and legal action undertaken in Cape Town to get government recognition of children with disabilities, and how government eventually provided financial support for her centre through grants and subsidies.
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    TEDI 4 Week 1 - Understanding Learning in Intellectual Disability
    (2019-06-01) Wood, Tessa
    In this video, Tessa Wood, the Director of the Western Cape Forum for Intellectual Disability (WCFID), discusses the role and function of the WCFID in providing training, community awareness and advocacy for schools, centres and workshops that provide assistance and care for persons with intellectual disabilities. She further expands on the work that has been done to ensure that children with severe to profound intellectual disability receive equitable learning opportunities that can allow them to learn according to their ability. She describes the history of centres that provided education and care for children with intellectual ability and how they mobilised for legal recognition and support for their work.