Your session goals
Teamwork 20%
Disability Awareness 50%
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Session summary
Find out about the range of technologies available to support disabled people, then get active with a game of goalball.
Safety message
- Always complete a register at the start of the meeting to record who is present.
- Activities start when the first person arrives and end when the last person leaves, including leaders and their children.
- Remember to review your risk assessment to ensure you have enough adults, which may be more than the minimum ratio.
- Check the space is for hazards, keep the exits clear, and know the location of the nearest first aid kits.
Activities
Learn about different assistive technologies
45 mins
Find out about the range of technologies available to help people, such as Text-To-Speech and Screen Magnification.
- Meets
- Requirement 2.a
Play goalball
20 mins
Have a go at goalball, a sport designed for athletes with a visual impairment.
- Meets
- Requirement 1
- Meets
- Requirement 2.b
- Requirement 4.a
Preparation
Equipment
- Scrap paper
- Pens or pencils
- Device with access to the internet
- Scarves (such as neckers)
- Something to mark lines (for example, chalk, masking tape, or rope)
- Goalball (a ball with a bell inside), or a ball wrapped in a plastic bag that rustles
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Session notes
To finish off your badge, pick your favourite activity, hobby or sport and think of ways it could be made more accessible.
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