Children and staff from Suttons Primary School in Hornchurch, Essex are set to find out more about disability and difference when they spend two days (27th & 28th January 2014) with JustDifferent, a charity which aims to increase understanding about disability and difference.
JustDifferent
will run a series of interactive workshops at the school which have been
carefully designed for children between the ages
of 5 & 9 years. The workshops will include
real life story telling, using wheelchairs, quizzes and a question and answer
session.
The workshops
will be led by Owen Griffiths who has had cerebral palsy since shortly after
birth. He is unable to walk and uses a powered wheelchair to get around. Owens
speech has also been affected however he is able to live independently and is a
huge sports fan.
Owen said:
“We know that the earlier children and young people learn about disability and
difference, the more likely they are to accept people like me, as they get
older. We aim to create better understanding of disability issues, give
children and young people the chance to ask questions about disability –and
have fun!”
JustDifferent works in both primary and secondary schools and over the last year has run more than 949 workshops reaching over 27,664 children and young people across the country.