Do you see any value in the use of simulation activities to promote disability
awareness?
The most direct way to enhance disability awareness and sensitivity is to provide many
opportunities for "culture contact" between students with both visible and
hidden disabilities and members of the larger campus community. There has been much debate
within the field of disability services regarding the use of simulation activities and the
positive and (potentially) negative impact of such activities. Two excellent articles on the subject can be found in the archives of
AHEAD, the Association on Higher Education and Disability, originally published in 1984.
