Disability Equality Training (DET) Forum

What is Disability Equality Training (DET)
Disability Equality Training is a participatory process where people are introduced to the real issues and discrimination facing all disabled people with a view to them changing their behaviour, policies and practices.

As with other Equality training, Disability Equality Training courses are designed and delivered by the people who have direct experience of discrimination i.e. qualified disabled trainers who experience disability as a form of social oppression and therefore truly understand the reality of living in a disabling society.

DET is not some new fangled trendy idea but has been in existence in some form or other since the early to mid-eighties and has its history rooted firmly in the Disabled People’s Movement. Based on the direct, collective experiences of disabled people, recognising that the problem is one of institutionalised discrimination, DET puts emphasis on “action”: i.e., making changes within working environments & society, by looking at the barriers within the workplace & encouraging participants to form a plan of action to remove the barriers.

DET is about:
The Social Model of Disability;
Disabled people leading the training;
Examining the barriers faced by disabled people in society;
Questioning stereotypes, myths and misconceptions about disabled people;
A commitment to change.

DET is not about:
Making non-disabled people feel guilty;
Non-disabled professionals discussing Disabled people’s lives;
Disabled people recounting their life story;
Simulating physical, sensory or mental impairments;
Giving information about specific medical conditions.

(from Liz Carr, Paul Darke, and Kenji Kuno (2008) Training Them and Us: A Guide to Social Equality for Society, Utusan Publications, Kuala Lumpur.)

What is the Asia Pacific Disability Equality Training (DET) Forum: AP DET Forum
AP DET Forum aims to encourage the exchange of information and experiences of DET in the Asia Pacific region. AP DET Forum has internet web site (www.detforum.com) and email-base discussion group in English.
This forum is developed by the participants and resource persons who took part in the Training courses for DET Trainers, which organized in collaboration with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
Contact: Kenji Kuno (Coordinator): apdetforum@gmail.com

National Coordinator
Mr. Hamid Nasheed Mohamed
(Details: see below)

DET Trainers
(1)
Mr. Hamid Nasheed Mohamed (wheelchair user)
Organization: The Maldivian Association of the Handicapped, Maldives
Address:
Telephone:
Fax:
email: hamid.nm(at)mtcc.com.mv

*Email: replace (at) by @.