TEDI 4 Week 4 - Voice of inclusion

Henkeman, Thandi

TEDI 4 Week 4 - Voice of inclusion

MOOC

2019-06-01

Abstract

In this video, Thandi Henkeman rounds up the discussion on disability inclusion in the TEDI-4 MOOC. Thandi summarises the findings of the World Health Organisation's findings on disability and the ways in which disability impairs people from enjoying full human rights in current society. She outlines the main goals and principles of the Convention for the Rights of People with Disabilities (CRPD) and discusses them with specific relation to individuals with severe to profound intellectual disability. She summarises the social and medical models of disability, and the importance of a rights-based approach to disability that attempts to maximise the inclusion of individuals with disabilities in society. She concludes with explaining how individuals can contribute to disability inclusion, starting with extensive dialogue, followed by widespread educational opportunities, followed by supporting and education families, then the importance of supporting self-determination, and finally the importance of disability advocacy.