What you need to do
- Choose and do two clauses from each section.
Deaf Awareness (www.rnid.org.uk)
- Learn the finger-spelling alphabet. Use it to:
- tell the tester your name
- find out the tester's name
- Explain what hearing dogs for deaf people do and why they are helpful
- Take part in a game or activity with your Pack wearing earplugs or headphones so you can't hear clearly. Describe how you felt
- Show how to:
- approach a deaf person
- speak to a deaf person so they can lip-read
Sight Awareness (www.rnib.org.uk)
- Find out about the different ways a blind or visually impaired person can read, for example using the computer, Braille or Moon
- Explain what guide dogs for blind peple do and how they are trained
- With your eyes closed, identify:
- four objects by touch
- four objects by sound
- four objects by smell
- Show how to approach and identify yourself to a blind or visually impaired person
Mobility Awareness (www.whizz-kidz.org.uk)
- Talk with the tester about mobility aids such as powered and manual wheelchairs, walking frames and canes. Know when they may be useful
- Know three ways to make it easier for a wheelchair-user to use public places, like shops, parks, hospitals or libraries. Describe how your meeting place could be improved for a wheelchair-user
- Make a poster or leaflet showing some of the events that form the Paralympics
- Make up, or change, a game or activity so that everyone can take part in it, however mobile they are
- Find out about two other disabilities. Know how they can affect someone's life
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