Day one highlights:
Listen again to Pete Ritchie, Understanding our History
https://soundcloud.com/user-442685852/pete-ritchie-understanding-our-history/s-exaEG
Listen again to John Dever, What is a good life? (Glasgow Centre for Inclusive Living)
https://soundcloud.com/user-442685852/john-dever-glasgow-centre-for-inclusive-living/s-fuJXR
Listen again to John Dalrymple, Recent History of Hospital Closures
https://soundcloud.com/user-442685852/john-dalrymple-recent-history-of-hospital-closures
Evening session – Life after Partners
Graduates of previous Partners courses talked about the positive impact on their lives.
Astra and Ken Fentie
https://soundcloud.com/user-442685852/john-dalrymple-recent-history-of-hospital-closures
Brian Rosie
https://soundcloud.com/user-442685852/brian-rosie/s-Kwcvf
Lesley Stalker
https://soundcloud.com/user-442685852/lesley-stalker
Day two – 2 October
Day one review – what did we learn?
Introduction to Learning to Listen
Heather Anderson – understanding power
Lynne Elwell – History of the Parent’s Movement
Working with our reputations: social perceptions of disabled people and the significance of Russian dolls
The change equation explained by Lynne Elwell: D+V+S > R
- D=Level of dissatisfaction
- V = Vision
- S = Skill
- R = Resistance to change
Heather Anderson and Lynne Elwell talk about historical attitudes disability, including eugenics and labeling, before describing how move towards inclusion and partnership.
Words matter. Heather and Lynne on how words and language affect attitudes
Partners in Policymaking Scotland 