How can we speak correctly and mindfully about people with disabilities and the people around them – and why say “a person with a disability” rather than “a disabled person”, “a charge”, “a patient” or “a cripple”? How should we talk about the people who support people with disabilities? During the meeting we will learn the etiquette of interacting with people with disabilities. Is it all right to say “come on, let’s walk” to a wheelchair user? Can you say “see you!” to someone who is blind? How do you talk to people who do not speak and communicate through alternative forms of communication?
We will learn how to address a person with a disability directly and how to approach them when we want to help. We will discuss how people with disabilities are talked about in public. We will also hear about the experiences, reflections and views of people with disabilities.
Facilitators: Kinga Maćkow (Fundacja Eudajmonia), Judyta Pożerniuk (Para-NORMAL Activity)
Registration: k.mackow@eudajmonia.pl
Type of event: meeting
Who it is for: residents of Wrocław
Maximum number of people in the room: 20
Streamed online on Facebook
Registration: k.mackow@eudajmonia.pl
Type of event: meeting
Who it is for: residents of Wrocław
Maximum number of people in the room: 20
Streamed online on Facebook
Kinga Maćkow – works at Fundacja Eudajmonia, where she supports people with disabilities and helps them become more active. She works on projects promoting social and professional activation, and campaigns for equality and accessibility for excluded people. She currently runs in-person classes at the Activity and Development Club in Wrocław (Klub Aktywności i Rozwoju-Wrocław).
Judyta Pożerniuk – a born-and-bred Wrocław native who works as a PR specialist and graphic designer. She also works at the SKRZYNIA Integration Business Incubator. She founded the Para-NORMAL Activity Foundation, which she runs with a friend. The foundation works to build a realistic public image of wheelchair users. Through its activities it seeks to close the gap between people with and without disabilities and to show that our worlds are not so different after all.
Dialogopolis is delivered as part of the ReSTART project, co-financed by the National Programme of the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) and the state budget.
