How to Design and Host Community Conversations about Learning Disabilities

This resource describes a step-by-step process for creating a discussion-based workshop on learning disabilities. Detailed examples from two workshops illustrate the steps in action.

This was created by Pamela Auffray and Debbie Denault as part of the Learning Disabilities & Whole Life Learning project.

Permission is granted for non-commercial educational use.

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