DIsabled accessed friendly

ar colleague, At this the start of the new academic year, the Disabled Access Friendly team would like to make three announcements: To wish you every success this year To remind you about our free teaching materials and our work To inform you that the core team is retiring from active campaigning Free teaching resources If you don’t know about issues faced by people with a mobility disability, it is hard to care about them. And if you don’t care, you are not going to make any changes. With this in mind the voluntary Disabled Access Friendly campaign set out to build pathways to caring and action through the ELT classroom. We created a bank of free, downloadable, autonomous ELT lessons, which thematically focus exclusively on raising awareness about mobility disability. Teachers, as true educators, can supplement any syllabus and thereby disseminate insight and information about mobility disability issues to their students, whilst at the same time cover linguistic aims. Our work With the help of our ambassadors and a valued network of supporters we blasted the ELT world with our ideas for 4 years from 2011-2015. Our core team worked tirelessly to reach thousands upon thousands of teachers in hundreds of countries worldwide. In 2014 the campaign was awarded the prestigious ELTons award for Innovation in Teachers Resources for its work. Retirement The core team is now retiring from active campaigning, but our work lives on. The teaching resources continue to be accessible online for you to use as you wish, and Katie Quartano and Paul Shaw, in their personal capacities, will remain at your disposal for consultation, exchange of ideas and presentations. The fact that the core team no longer carries the torch doesn't mean the flame has been extinguished. The campaign will continue to welcome and support the efforts of anyone wishing to carry it further. With our very best wishes The Disabled Access Friendly team Disabled Access Friendly www.disabled-accessfriendly.com Like Our Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/DisabledAccessFriendly Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/DAFCampaign