The first webinar, in the Webinar Series In search of community inclusion: young people with disabilities and relationships, organised by the Commission for the Rights of Persons with Disability, the Department of Disability Studies, Faculty for Social Wellbeing, University of Malta and the Opening Doors Association, Malta, will be held on Thursday 3 December, 2020, from 16:00 to 18:00. 

Thursday 3 December marks the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

This webinar series considers the importance for young people with disabilities to foster different types of relationships as a way of achieving community inclusion. The focus is on youth since this is the phase in life when establishing lasting connections with people outside the family – by fostering friendships and other kind of relationships – is particularly important. 

Founding friendships is an important – but often overlooked – way of ensuring that people with disabilities participate in their communities on an equal basis with others. In the first in four webinars, we discuss the friendships of young people with disabilities, what opportunities they have to make friends and to nurture relationships with their friends, and what factors act as barriers to friendship. 

Programme

Further details about the other 3 webinars, planned for January, February and March will be available later.