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Every year during October, Employment of People with Disabilities Month, Mountain State Centers for Independent Living staff and consumers in Huntington and Beckley conduct the Kids ADA (American with Disabilities Act ) programs in local elementary schools in Cabell, Wayne, and Raleigh counties.
The Kids ADA program is offered to elementary students in grades third through fifth and middle school students grades sixth through eighth.
This educational program is designed to promote awareness of people with disabilities. The program provides an opportunity for students to interact with people with disabilities and to learn more about the assistive technologies that people with disabilities use, such as wheelchairs and seeing eye dogs.
MTSTCIL believes that if we promote disability awareness at an early age, we can reduce attitudinal barriers and help children to realize that we are all more alike than different.
Program topics include:
Feedback from young people who have participated in this program tells us that with this interaction makes them feel more comfortable and understanding of people with disabilities. From year to year students remember MTSTCIL staff and always enjoy talking about their experiences meeting people with disabilities.
We invite schools, boys and girls clubs, and any young peoples group to call us to schedule a Kids ADA presentation at any time during the year. This program is available at no fee to any kids group in Cabell, Wayne or Raleigh counties.
For more information or to schedule a Kids ADA presentation please contact:
