Hello r/education!
I run a program called ReelEducation, which is a free resource for K-12 educators to use film as a way to discuss disability, accessibility, inclusion, ableism, equity, and more. ReelEd teaches kids how to identify barriers (attitudinal, physical, cultural) and how to break them down.
Here is the link: https://reelabilities.org/reeleducation/
Educators can screen the films and lesson plans to find the most suitable choice for their students. Some schools' curricula have an equity component and ReelEducation is designed to satisfy those requirements. Some teachers show the films as a one-off for their classes, others have hosted grade-wide and school-wide assemblies. One school tied it to its Anti-Bullying Week; our film festival is held during National Accessibility Awareness Week in Canada. Educators don't have to use the lesson plans we provide and they are welcome to adapt them to best suit their classes.
ReelAbilities practices the social model of disability. Disability is an extremely big tent and everyone will have to live with it at some point in their lives. We as a society have a lot of work to do to squash stigma, stop whispering, stop underestimating, stop excluding and stop speaking for people with disabilities and make it the norm to include disability in everything that we do.
ReelEducation was developed by ReelAbilities Toronto Film Festival in partnership with the Accessibility Directorate of Ontario (aka the provincial government) and has received funding by the Government of Canada. It's meant for classrooms in Canada and the US but we are thrilled to see it used around the world. ReelAbilities Toronto Film Festival is Canada's largest film festival dedicated to showcasing disability and Deaf cultures.
Any input you have can be sent to [rachelL@mnjcc.org](mailto:rachelL@mnjcc.org).
Submitted June 14, 2019 at 02:42PM by ReelEducation1 http://bit.ly/2IKaeRt
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