Do you want to host a disability acceptance day, event, or activity at your child’s school but are not sure where to start? Here are some examples of activities we’ve sourced from Undivided families that you can try in your child’s school to promote empathy, understanding, and inclusivity acceptance. Remember, whether big or small, these activities can make a lasting impact and help foster a culture of acceptance throughout the school.
Host disability acceptance school events, such as getting people with disabilities in front of kids for disability awareness assemblies, college fairs, career days, etc.
Read books in the classroom about disabilities, diversity, and inclusion, and lead a discussion after.
Sponsor disability-themed movie nights.
Post disability facts and quote flyers around the school, or create a “kindness” wall where students post positive messages about inclusion and acceptance.
Put together resources on disability history, disability culture, disability language, and inclusion.
Encourage activities/conversations all year to help normalize disability (not just during Disability Awareness Month).
Send teachers ideas and activities to educate their students about disabilities. Here’s one example. Here are some more examples of lesson plans, designed and/or approved by disabled people.
Encourage your district to recognize Disability Awareness Month.
Start a special education PTA committee at your school to support families that have kids with disabilities and help raise disability awareness.
Share resources for the other parents. In a classroom where there aren’t many children with disabilities, kids may have questions about children with disabilities and their parents might find it difficult to answer their children’s questions.
Get the full list of activities, and learn more about this topic, in our article Nurturing Disability Acceptance in Your Child’s School.
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