Realising Career Potential: Rethinking Disability (FutureLearn)

This online course looks at the benefits of helping people with disadvantage or disability participate in work and society to realise their full potential.

Explore common misconceptions and stereotypes perpetuated by the medical model of disability and discover how Rehabilitation Counsellors support meaningful vocational decision making for all.

What topics will you cover?

- Differences between the Medical and Social Models of disability

- The damaging impact of stigma, stereotypes and misconceptions

- Issues surrounding invisible disabilities, including mental health

- The right for everyone to work and the role of the Rehabilitation Counsellor

- The benefits for enabling participation for everyone in our society

- Strategies to support a return to work following injury or disability

- Support mechanisms, including assistive technology and workplace culture

- Case study reflections to challenge traditional thinking about disability in the workplace

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you'll be able to...

- Discuss how perceptions of ‘normal’ impact on the participation of people with disability in work and community

- Explain the importance of access to meaningful employment for people with injury, disability and disadvantage

- Reflect on real-life case scenarios in determining services and strategies to enable full participation of people with disability

- Explore the role of the Rehabilitation Counsellor to help clients realise their career potential after injury or illness