Disability Awareness Sessions Archives | Cheshire https://www.cheshiredisability.org/event_listing_category/disability-awareness-sessions/ Disablity Trust Thu, 06 Feb 2020 09:11:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.12 https://www.cheshiredisability.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Disability Awareness Sessions Archives | Cheshire https://www.cheshiredisability.org/event_listing_category/disability-awareness-sessions/ 32 32 Disability Awareness Session for Meredith https://www.cheshiredisability.org/event/das-team-meredith/ Thu, 09 Jan 2020 05:42:18 +0000 https://www.cheshiredisability.org/?post_type=event_listing&p=9800 Volunteers from Meredith took part in two Disability Awareness Sessions, one at CDT and one in their premises. The volunteers had a chance of experiencing the life of a disabled person for a few minutes during the session.

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]]> Volunteers from Meredith took part in two Disability Awareness Sessions, one at CDT and one in their premises. The volunteers had a chance of experiencing the life of a disabled person for a few minutes during the session.

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]]> Disability Awareness Session for Herman Miller https://www.cheshiredisability.org/event/das-team-herman/ Thu, 09 Jan 2020 05:36:41 +0000 https://www.cheshiredisability.org/?post_type=event_listing&p=9795 Volunteers from Herman Miller took part in a Visual & Orthopedic Disability Awareness Session at Cheshire Disability Trust and their office campus this October. Starting with an introduction and overview of the activities conducted at CDT, the intention of the session was to give the volunteers a small taste of what a visually disabled and […]

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]]> Volunteers from Herman Miller took part in a Visual & Orthopedic Disability Awareness Session at Cheshire Disability Trust and their office campus this October. Starting with an introduction and overview of the activities conducted at CDT, the intention of the session was to give the volunteers a small taste of what a visually disabled and orthopedically challenged individual goes through on a daily basis. 

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]]> Disability Awareness Session Heartfulness https://www.cheshiredisability.org/event/das-heartfulness-foundation/ Thu, 09 Jan 2020 05:28:42 +0000 https://www.cheshiredisability.org/?post_type=event_listing&p=9792 Occasionally the team at CDT will work with other NGO’s and Charitable Organizations to help spread awareness. These sessions run by the team at Cheshire Disability Trust go a long way in building empathy, inclusivity and awareness about the needs of People with Disabilities. The sessions span a couple of hours and cover simulations of […]

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]]> Occasionally the team at CDT will work with other NGO’s and Charitable Organizations to help spread awareness. These sessions run by the team at Cheshire Disability Trust go a long way in building empathy, inclusivity and awareness about the needs of People with Disabilities.

The sessions span a couple of hours and cover simulations of Orthopedic disability and Visual impairment. The team achieves this by putting participants through the daily motions of a PWDs life albeit with props that allow able-bodied individuals to experience situations that are difficult to navigate with a disability.

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]]> Disability Awareness Session for Goldman Sachs https://www.cheshiredisability.org/event/das-team-goldman/ Thu, 09 Jan 2020 05:23:20 +0000 https://www.cheshiredisability.org/?post_type=event_listing&p=9785 Volunteers from Goldman Sachs took part in a Disability Awareness Session conducted by CDT at their Bangalore campus. Run as part of their ‘Summer Service Fest’, CDT held a ‘Drop-In Volunteering’ event. The intention of the session was to give the volunteers a small taste of what visually disabled, orthopedically challenged and hearing impaired individuals […]

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]]> Volunteers from Goldman Sachs took part in a Disability Awareness Session conducted by CDT at their Bangalore campus. Run as part of their ‘Summer Service Fest’, CDT held a ‘Drop-In Volunteering’ event. The intention of the session was to give the volunteers a small taste of what visually disabled, orthopedically challenged and hearing impaired individuals go through on a daily basis.

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]]> Sign Language Awareness Session https://www.cheshiredisability.org/event/sign-language-awareness/ Thu, 09 Jan 2020 05:14:48 +0000 https://www.cheshiredisability.org/?post_type=event_listing&p=9783 Designed to teach employees, their friends and family sign language, the session run by CDT for the employees of Royal Bank of Scotland went a long way in building empathy, inclusivity and awareness about the needs of the deaf and hearing impaired. The sessions spanned a couple of hours and covered a wide range of […]

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]]> Designed to teach employees, their friends and family sign language, the session run by CDT for the employees of Royal Bank of Scotland went a long way in building empathy, inclusivity and awareness about the needs of the deaf and hearing impaired.

The sessions spanned a couple of hours and covered a wide range of activities designed to put the participants through the daily motions of a PWDs life albeit with props that allowed able-bodied individuals to experience situations that are difficult to navigate with hearing impairment.

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]]> Disability Awareness Session for Accenture https://www.cheshiredisability.org/event/das-team-accenture/ Thu, 09 Jan 2020 05:00:52 +0000 https://www.cheshiredisability.org/?post_type=event_listing&p=9777 Volunteers from Accenture took part in a Disability Awareness Session at CDT. The employees were given an introduction to CDT and the work done by the organization. The intention of the session was to give the volunteers a feel of what a visually disabled, orthopedically challenged and a hearing impaired person goes through on a […]

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]]> Volunteers from Accenture took part in a Disability Awareness Session at CDT. The employees were given an introduction to CDT and the work done by the organization. The intention of the session was to give the volunteers a feel of what a visually disabled, orthopedically challenged and a hearing impaired person goes through on a daily basis.

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]]> Disability Awareness Session for RBS https://www.cheshiredisability.org/event/new-employee-inclusivity/ Thu, 09 Jan 2020 04:39:26 +0000 https://www.cheshiredisability.org/?post_type=event_listing&p=9765 CDT team conducted a Disability Awareness Session at Royal Bank of Scotland during an employee felicitation ceremony. Post an introduction to CDT and the work done by the organization, the employees were taken through the various challenges PWDs face at work. Eighty new employees were also taken through a sign language awareness session.

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]]> Sign Language at Schools & Colleges https://www.cheshiredisability.org/event/event-3/ Tue, 24 Dec 2019 08:49:32 +0000 https://www.cheshiredisability.org/?post_type=event_listing&p=7129 A one week campaign with 2000+ school students as participants, CDT celebrated International Sign-Language Day (23rd September) and World Deaf Day (30th Sept) with great vigour. According to the National Association of the Deaf, roughly two percent of the country suffers with Hearing Disabilities. Highlighting the fact that Sign-Language is the only language the deaf […]

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]]> A one week campaign with 2000+ school students as participants, CDT celebrated International Sign-Language Day (23rd September) and World Deaf Day (30th Sept) with great vigour. According to the National Association of the Deaf, roughly two percent of the country suffers with Hearing Disabilities. Highlighting the fact that Sign-Language is the only language the deaf speak and that most of us do not understand it, CDT organized this event to spread awareness among school children aged 13 to 16. 

On the 23rd, 24th and 25th of September 2018, students of Brigade foundation attended the sessions organized by CDT. On 26th September, the session was conducted for students of Stonehill International School, Yelahanka. On 30th September, 40 kindergarten students of Redbridge international school attended the session. The volunteers spoke about the challenges faced by hearing-impaired people, the school students were encouraged to learn American Sign Language and basic words.

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