Tuesday 3 December is International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD). Find out how we’re marking the day, and read some top tips from UCL’s Inclusive Environments team.
IDPD takes place every year on 3 December 2024. The theme for this year is "Amplifying the leadership of persons with disabilities for an inclusive and sustainable future". T he Portico will be lit in purple to mark the day.
We asked members of UCL’s Inclusive Environments team what one thing they’d like eveyone to do, consider or find out more about to make UCL a more inclusive place. Here’s what they said:
Ben Watson, Head of Digital Accessibility
"Recognise that accessibility isn’t something you do as well as what you do, it IS what you do. Nothing you work on at UCL is finished until it is accessible to everyone."
Addeel Khan, Director of Equity, Inclusion and Culture
"For managers to understand their responsibilities towards colleagues with disabilities and be supported to deliver them."
Indie Beedie, UCL’s Envoy for Disability
"Check out the Disability Equality Steering Group guidance around Accessible (Inclusive) Meeting Guidelines and make small changes to your meetings to make them more inclusive for all staff at UCL."
Pip Jackson, Head of Inclusive Environments
"Make sure every meeting / event invite for an in-person session goes out with the AccessAble guide for the building it is in."
Kat Aedy, Access and Inclusive Design Specialist
"Familiarise yourself with the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme by watching the video and picking up a free lanyard from the locations where they are available across UCL campus."
Alison Koslowski, Co-Director of the Thomas Coram Research Unit, Professor of Social Policy, Pro Provost (Equity & Inclusion)
"Take the online Inclusive Education Training programme !"
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