Disability Access and Inclusion Training

Building a strong, participatory, democratic movement for climate justice means ensuring spaces are safe, inclusive and accessible for all. Solutions addressing the climate crisis must also benefit and uphold the human rights of disabled people.

One in five Western Australians has a disability, including intellectual, mental health, cognitive, sensory or physical impairment, along with neurological differences. So, regardless of our work or community role, we can assume that most of us will have some interactions with people with a disability as colleagues, clients or stakeholders.

This training, available to Climate Justice Union members and other leaders in the climate movement, will provide an understanding of different types of disability and will look at how we can go beyond compliance to create places, programs and communities that are universally accessible and celebrate diverse strengths.

Along with developing an understanding of disability and what it means today, this course develops inclusive attitudes and challenges outdated assumptions.

This program is funded by the Department of Communities through the EMPOWER project and has been developed in consultation with people with disabilities.