{"id":5775,"date":"2024-06-26T09:45:29","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T07:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.playmoovin.com\/?p=5775"},"modified":"2025-04-30T16:58:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T14:58:50","slug":"raising-awareness-of-disabilities-in-primary-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.playmoovin.com\/en\/raising-awareness-of-disabilities-in-primary-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Raising awareness of disabilities in primary school"},"content":{"rendered":"

In France, 12 million people suffer from a disability<\/strong>. However, children<\/strong> who do not suffer from one are not confronted to disabilities and struggle do imagine what the daily life of a person with reduced mobility<\/strong> looks like \u2013 and you know this if you are part of the educational community. Raising awareness of disabilities<\/strong> is thus relevant even in primary schools<\/strong>. Two questions arise the: what are the stakes and most importantly, how to change people\u2019s way of thinking on this topic? At PlayMoovin\u2019, we decided to change how the public view people suffering from a disability. We will expose our point of view on the matter.<\/p>\n

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Why raising awareness of disabilities in primary schools?<\/h2>\n

Reduce the fears students can have when confronted to disabilities<\/h3>\n

If you are a teacher, you have certainly found yourself in a situation in which you talk about disabilities to your class<\/strong>. Children speak out but what they say is often full of bias and misconceptions: objectivity is absent. Each child has their own representation of disabilities and what they say has often nothing to do with the reality of what a person with reduced mobility<\/strong> experiences.<\/p>\n

But the children are curious, they want to know more and ask questions about disabilities<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, they have classmates who suffer from autism, or from different dysfunctional troubles (dyslexia for example) but they do not necessarily understand what it entails. On that note, the inclusion process of someone suffering from a disability<\/strong> remains difficult. The education process<\/strong> can also prove to be difficult for a child suffering from a disability. They feel completely misunderstood and other children do not include them in their social life simply because they do not have a grasp on their disability.<\/p>\n

It is one of the reasons why it is important to raise awareness of disabilities among children in primary schools<\/strong>. It is about changing their perception while accounting for the preconceived image that they have of it at the start.<\/p>\n

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Building a society which is more attentive to disabilities<\/h3>\n

Carrying out an activity to raise awareness of disabilities in a class or in a school<\/strong> is organising a full-size citizenship course. Students can thus grasp:<\/p>\n