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Sharing a time when you felt totally included

This week (28th September to 4th October) is National Inclusion Week. The awareness week mainly focuses on employment and here is the theme for this year:

However, on the community we want to talk about inclusion in every aspect of our lives. As a disabled person I have experienced many times where I have felt out of place or in the way because of my disability. Yet this isn't always the case.
A time when I felt completely included was at the CP Teens UK ball when surrounded by others with the same disability. CP Teens UK is a small charity that is based in Chesterfield. The aim of the organisation is to support teenagers and young adults with cerebral palsy and to provide the chance to socialise or play sport with others who have a similar disability.
For me, the annual ball is often the highlight of my year. It is a chance to raise money for a charity that is very close to my heart and have a good time. No one is looking at how you are walking or if you need your food cut up. You actually stand out more if you're not disabled!
What more can be done to make things inclusive? Do you have a moment when you felt totally included? Let us know in the comments below!
Here are some resources that you might find interesting:
Our theme for National Inclusion Week 2020 is Each One, Reach One. It is about the opportunity that we all have to connect with someone else, or another organisation, to help them understand the opportunity of inclusion and connect. It is about individuals and organisations connecting and inspiring each other to make inclusion an everyday reality. Together, we will build the biggest inclusion chain ever.

However, on the community we want to talk about inclusion in every aspect of our lives. As a disabled person I have experienced many times where I have felt out of place or in the way because of my disability. Yet this isn't always the case.
A time when I felt completely included was at the CP Teens UK ball when surrounded by others with the same disability. CP Teens UK is a small charity that is based in Chesterfield. The aim of the organisation is to support teenagers and young adults with cerebral palsy and to provide the chance to socialise or play sport with others who have a similar disability.
For me, the annual ball is often the highlight of my year. It is a chance to raise money for a charity that is very close to my heart and have a good time. No one is looking at how you are walking or if you need your food cut up. You actually stand out more if you're not disabled!
What more can be done to make things inclusive? Do you have a moment when you felt totally included? Let us know in the comments below!
Here are some resources that you might find interesting:
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The cpteens ball sounds amazing @Chloe_Scope - I wish I was a bit younger! -I think 29 is maybe a stretch! 🤣
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the next two jobs I had were the worst ever, just so my universe was kept in balance 🤣
A few weeks ago we turned up to a new dance class (for home educated children). The teacher took one look at his hearing aids and proceeded to ask his name in sign, to which he replied in sign too, even though he can hear and speak too. But anyway, the teacher took me aside and said she was rusty with bsl and could I stay for the session. I replied that I’d be staying anyway due to his tracheostomy and other disabilities. Only then did I point at his wheelchair and entourage of equipment. “Oh, I hadn’t even seen them....”. Refreshing, I thought. We go every week now. We have demonstrated equipment (and their noises) to other children in the class who no longer just stare. The teacher now merely asks for a brief update at the start of class, then cracks on with him like any other. Love her. She’s exceptional, and I’ve told her that.
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Thank you for sharing this brilliant post with us, I'm sorry I am a little late to the party
I also like that there are both disabled and non-disabled people coming together in one place. I still don’t know whether I am actually disabled or not but I feel like I fit in here. People are so welcoming and understanding regardless of whether you have a physical or mental “disability” and everyone is treated equally and their problems are taken equally seriously. Even if, in my opinion, my problems pale into insignificance compared to what some people on here have to cope with (and cope with very well), my problems are still taken just as seriously as everybody else’s and everyone sympathises and tries to help out.
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