Disability in Halton: A Conversation with Carolyn Rankin-Boutin of the Centre for Diverse Learners

Join us for a conversation with Carolyn Rankin-Boutin, the Executive Director at the Centre for Diverse Learners and Elevate Learning Centre, organizations that aim to support and empower neurodiverse students. You can learn more about Carolyn's work in community by visiting the organization's website, https://diverselearners.ca/ or on Instagram at learndiverse.

Highlights:
-Land Acknowledgement and Introduction: 0.00
-Intro to Carolyn and the Centre for Diverse Learners 2:15
-Current Exciting Work in Neurodiversity 2:57
-Challenges and Systemic Barriers in the Neurodiverse Community 6:18
-Importance of Inclusivity and Empowerment 8:54
-Need for Better Execution of Disability Conversations 10:50
-Empowering the Disability Community 18:00
-Supporting Voices of Lived Experience 22:52
-Resources and Contact Information 25:09

Calls to Action:
-Need to: understand and celebrate neurodiversity
-Continue to have real conversations about disability, and
-Better execution of these conversation around disability, with those seeking the accommodation at the helm
-More supports for organizations serving community to have access to knowledge and training to remove barriers to participation within their own programs;
-Physically accessible spaces, training and knowledge provision to staff (social accessibility)

The CDH Community Data Watch publications, including our upcoming paper on Disability Data, can be found at our website https://www.cdhalton.ca/. This work was made possible by the generous support of the Region of Halton.