Promoting an Equal, Inclusive and Accessible York
A Makaton musical event, an ‘open-mike’ poetry night and a Christmas Fayre are just some of the events at York Disability Week from 27th November to 4th December.
There’s also a lecture on the experience of disability in higher education, an event on moving into employment with a chronic illness, and a photography project about what it means to be autistic.
The events are a mix of online, in-person and hybrid, mainly led by disabled people and all free to attend.
The Snappy Trust (with disabled children and young people) and Brunswick Organic Nursery (with adults with learning disabilities) will be on hand to talk about volunteering opportunities. And Live Well York, a City of York council service, has a session about how to use their service and that of York AccessAble, which provides accessible information on
venues in York.
The organisers also have the support of York Paralympian Beth Moulam this year. Beth represented GB at boccia at the Tokyo Paralympic games in September. She came to the University of York in 2013 and said: “The welcome, acceptance and on-going support that I received here in the city, as both a student and athlete, means I am now proud to call York my home.”
If you want to find out more, or get a copy of the printed programme, the contact details are: email: disability@yorkhumanrights.org; website: www.yorkdisabilityweek.org; tel: 01904 702060; Facebook at @YorkDisabilityWeek
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