INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEOPLE WITH A DISABILITY

On Friday, December 1, Kew High celebrated the International Day of People with Disabilities.

There were lots of activities, games and competitions and the staff and students joined in with enthusiasm. The SRC students organised the day and ran most of the activities. There were many events, including blind-folded obstacle courses, sit-down volley ball and blind-folded ball toss.

The day was a huge success with everyone enjoying the challenges.  Archie Vickers in Year 8 took the unprecedented step of blind-folding himself for the entire day.  The experience was revealing for him as he had expected to rely on his sense of touch, however he found that he needed his sense of hearing far more.

Many positive comments were made during the day. Some were enlightened to appreciate the difficulty of simple things which they take for granted. An appreciation of what people with disabilities overcome/ cope with, proved that the day was indeed successful.

Veronica Brunton

PSD Coordinator and SWANS Manager

Raising Awareness

I wanted to go blind-folded so that people could understand that there should not be much of a stigma around disabilities. I also wanted to raise awareness of disabilities and hopefully raise people’s understanding of what others go through.

I was surprised as I thought I would need to rely on my touch more, but it was my hearing I used more than anything else. I didn’t feel pride in walking around all day blind-folded.  Compared with what people who are blind go through, doing this was not much.

Archie Vickers 8G