Oftentimes national service and disability organizations use "disability awareness days" to teach service members and volunteers about the disability experience. During these training days, it is typical to use simulations to convey what it's like to live with a disability. Participants are blindfolded, for example, or put into a wheelchair and told not to use their legs. However, many disability advocates feel that simulations are the wrong approach, and that there are better, more useful ways to educate national service members, volunteers, and employees on inclusion issues. This effective practice was submitted by Elesheva Soloff, training specialist, with the National Service Inclusion Project in August, 2006.
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