‘Pablo’, the animated TV series promoting autism acceptance and understanding Voiced and co-written by amazing autistic talent, it is the first of its kind. 5 ½ year old Pablo uses his creativity and imagination to create an art world where his book animal friends come to life to help him figure out the world around him. First premiered on CBeebies and RTEJr in October 2017, Pablo has taken the world by storm and has been sold internationally to over 10 countries since its release. Creator Grainne McGuinness says, “Pablo is not just a TV show, it is a movement for
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New ‘Any Disability’ symbol launched at Commons debate Building on the campaign by Grace Warnock, StudioLR (funded by Life Changes Trust) has designed a new ‘Any Disability’ symbol to encourage awareness of people with invisible disabilities. On Wednesday 5 June, Martin Whitfield, MP for East Lothian, led a Commons debate on invisible disabilities and accessibility challenges. The debate in the Commons’ Main Chamber also saw the formal launch a new Any Disability symbol to more accurately represent the full range of people with various disabilities who use accessible toilets and other facilities. The development of the new sign was inspired by the
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Sense Scotland Paul Hart from Sense Scotland spoke at the recent Communication for All conference organised by deafscotland and Disability Equality Scotland. He spoke about trust and relationships being at the heart of effective inclusive communication. He highlighted his belief that communication support needs always lie at the meeting place between people. It is not just one person who has a communication impairment but instead a communication support need can emerge when people meet together. And since as many as 1 in 5 of Scotland’s population described themselves in the 2011 census as having a disability or long-term health condition,
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deafscotland At deafscotland we have been working to reshape our work to take a human rights approach. We want to understand how a rights-based, person-centred approach can help those affected by deafness reach equality of access and citizenship, particularly when looking at the social model of disability. We work across the spectrum of deafness and use the term “four pillars of deafness” to describe the specific communication and language barriers that deaf people face: www.deafscotland.org. Deaf people, like their hearing peers, also face the barriers caused by difference, for example through other disability, race, and gender.   We noticed that communication
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