Filmed Conference Proceedings
Combating
Negative Attitudes & Discrimination against People with Intellectual
Disabilities around the Globe
16 July 2015, University College London
Welcome
Dr Katrina Scior, Faculty of Psychology & Language Sciences, UCL;
Dr Maria Kett, Leonard Cheshire Disability & Inclusive Development Centre, UCL;
Professor Michael Arthur, Provost of UCL
Combating Negative Attitudes & Discrimination around the Globe: The role of the UN Convention
Diane Kingston, UK rep on the UN CRPD Committee聽聽
Challenging bad attitudes
Sara Pickard, Self-advocate Council Member representing Europe, Inclusion International; and Mencap Cymru聽
Intellectual Disabilities - Raising Awareness, Combating Prejudice & Discrimination: Findings from a Global Review
Dr Katrina Scior, Faculty of Psychology & Language Sciences, UCL
Changing Attitudes to Change Lives- Mencap's Priority
Oonagh Smyth, Director of Strategy for the Royal Mencap Society
The Road Show without a Road Map and other
tales from Nigeria
Dr Olayinka Akindayomi, Director of the Children's Developmental Centre, Lagos, Nigeria
Q & A Session concluding the Morning
chaired by Prof. Richard Hasting, University of Warwick
The Power of Self-advocacy to Improve the Lives of People with an Intellectual Disability
Richard Walker, Self-Advocate, Southwark Speaking Up; Co-chair of the National Forum
Revealing the Champion in All of Us: The Work of Special Olympics in Changing Attitudes
Maureen Rabbitt, Communications &
Brand Director Europe Eurasia Region, Special Olympics
The Impact of the Equal in Uniform
project
Dr Shirli Werner, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Can Employing People with Intellectual Disabilities in Hospitals improve the Patient Experience of Vulnerable People in Hospitals?
Daniel Marsden & Aaron Carliell, East
Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Working Together to Raise Awareness of Disability Hate Crime
Lisa Richardson & Allan Finn, Living in Fear Project, Tizard Center, University of Kent
Michael Duignan-Murphy & Derek Thomas, Jigsaw Project, mcch
Q & A and Panel Discussion:
Where next?
Chaired by Prof. Richard Hastings
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