Ātea - Disability 101 Online Workshop - 27 & 29 August 2024
Ātea is an exciting training programme led by disabled people that aims to increase participants' awareness of attit...
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What is Ātea - Disability 101?
Tāngata whaikaha (disabled people) report that the way they are treated in the wider community indicates there is a lack of awareness, appropriate response, and barriers for inclusion (Disability Workforce Development Grant Evaluation Report, 2022). This evidence demonstrates the ongoing need for a basic level of understanding of disability, and tāngata whaikaha across Aotearoa.
To address this need, Te Pou has implemented Ātea - Disability 101.
Ātea is an exciting training programme led by disabled people that aims to raise the knowledge and confidence of the non-disabled population so that they can provide a better service/experience and remove barriers for disabled people.
Developed for Te Pou by disability experts, and using the social model of disability, the workshop is relevant to anyone who interacts with disabled people in their work or personal life. The workshops help participants be aware of their own attitudes towards disabled people, what contributes to ableism and ways that people can minimise ableism. The goal is for non-disabled people to actively include disabled people wherever they might be.
What does Ātea mean?
The name Ātea can be understood as a place, space, or time. In this context, Ātea is the space and place to exist with freedom for wairua, hinengaro, tinana and whānau to be expressed shared and explored. It is a place where participants can bring their authentic selves, hosts bring their knowledge and skills and for us to collectively engage, explore and depart with a greater understanding of how we can change the physical, psychological, and spiritual space, around us, for all people.
Learning objectives
Ātea has five main learning objectives.
This interactive education programme can be delivered in one six-hour, in-person session, or over two three-hour online modules (via Zoom). It is facilitated by people with experience of disability who are active in the disability community, and is interactive, with most topics involving small group activities and discussions. Given the nature of the workshop, we are limiting the size of the group to 20 participants.
If you are interested in attending an Ātea workshop, or if you would like for us to run a workshop specifically for your organisation, please get in touch.
“I liked the fact that they were open to talking about their own personal experiences, and how they have overcome barriers. So, I think the way it was designed, the interactivity, the different modalities, the choice of facilitators were very well done.”
“The people who led the training highlighted [to] me a lot of things I had never thought of because it wasn't my personal experience. So, it's not something I had been made aware of, it made me open my eyes to start being a lot more aware of what's going on around me. I think it would be valuable for all our staff and we've got like 1000s, I think it's huge value”.
“I think that social model really was one of the things that brought things home for me a lot. I had not really thought about it in that context before because I have an invisible disability, I manage it myself, I do not think of how society has put that on me. I have never thought about it in that context before.”
“I have been very proactive in making sure that our work is accessible to everybody. So, for me, when I go out, and I talk to people, I always have that accessibility lens.”
Evaluation 1 – Evaluation of the Pilot against its learning objectives
Te Pou held four pilots between March and June 2022, delivered through three-hour two-day online workshops. An evaluation of Ātea - Disability 101 was carried out in July 2022 which found that:
Evaluation 2 – Evaluation of the value of Ātea to Organistaions
During July to December 2022 Te Pou continued to deliver Ātea workshops. Data was also gathered through individual and group interviews approximately four months after trainees attended the workshops. This evaluation, carried out in early 2023, found that:
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