To tie in with Disability Awareness Week, TF1’s Diversity Team held an interactive event for employees’ children on Wednesday 18 November, aimed at dispelling misconceptions about disability.
Around fifty 6- to 10-year olds spent the afternoon enjoying a series of engaging activities organised by theatre company La Drôle Compagnie around 4 themes:
- ‘Seeing in the Dark’ – Children followed a multi-sensory trail while blindfolded.
- ‘Communicating without a Voice’ – Wearing headphones, the aim was to communicate using sign language.
- ‘Different mobility' – Children undertook an obstacle course in wheelchairs, helping them realise what difficulties - wheelchair users face every day.
- The final session was a theatre workshop called ‘Living Together’, run by a facilitator who uses a wheelchair.
At the end of the afternoon each child was awarded a diploma in ‘Living Together Inclusively’ and also took home a book about disability awareness.