Laidlaw College Disability Reference Group

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Statement of Purpose

The Laidlaw College Disability Reference Group exists to advise Laidlaw College in the area of theology and disability. The Group’s desire is that the College becomes a place that practices inclusivity in educational policies, procedures, pedagogy, curriculum and wider community participation.

Members of the Laidlaw College Disability Reference Group (click to enlarge)

The group serves to:

• Keep the vision alive: that Laidlaw College is a community that fully includes people with disabilities;
• Provide encouragement and partnership to Laidlaw College as it seeks to fulfil this vision;
• Receive and give feedback on reports from the College relating to disability inclusion;
• Provide dynamic relationships with an ongoing capacity for change; and
• Provide links to a body of networks in order to encourage sustainability in conversation and practice.

Membership of this group consists of those who identify as disabled and those who do not. They are people who work within the disability sector; people who have friends and family members who are disabled; and members of the staff and student body at Laidlaw College.

The current membership is: