Beyond Understanding Historical Background - Part one
Using the combination of my participation and my awareness initiative, I have written and developed a series of specialised suggestions and documents to help inclusivity in partner dancing environments. This was developed after my experiences as a dance class and events attendee, volunteer and participant at class and events.
Why this was created Despite many people involved being a variety of people with different backgrounds, there are can be situations when some people with hidden differences can be at a disadvantage and in some cases become discouraged. Especially if there's little or no ground-level understanding provided. These documents are designed to enable and improve inclusive environments regardless of the specific difficulties, strengths and any ability and capacity limitations.
So in 2019, I have written the first edition of a series of "Beyond Understanding" documents specifically for partner dancing environments.
It provides insight and information and guidelines that team members need to consider and be aware of to make sure that any individuals who live with autism, ADHD, dyslexia, dyspraxia and social anxiety can able to maintain their presence when during classes, workshops, social dancing and social presence. In addition, there were specialised guides for salsa-related conventions & festivals such as Motion City and a guide to support volunteering for hidden differences at dancing conventions.
This series of documents incluldes * Detailed suggestions guidelines A detailed ocuments for leaders of classes and managements
* Bitesize guides A summuary guide for teachers, assistances and selected experences dancers
* Dancing Convention guidelines A detailed documents for events leaders, mamagement and key members
* Dancing convention volunteering guide A detailed documents for key team memebrs and to enable support and to make resonable allowances towards volunteers of volunteers of hidden differences
The documents was published in early 2020 and some of the participants of Latinmotion and selected members of NYE fest and with Motion City during the summer months became interested to access examples of a special understanding and information document.
Despite a number of suggestions and guideline has been together these ideas are not set in stones and they are open for other possibilities and additional ideas.
Visit and read part two page of the historcal backound to find out more on a later version of the document with additional factors added to the guide specifically for dancing conventions Motioncity and Latinmotion's NYE Fest Click on the link below
The featured documents are linked to the my awareness initiative Plus Value Awareness. Providing projects, campaigns and information focusing on the human aspects of hidden differences (Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia and Social Anxiety).
This is part of a variety of potential social mission activity and services in the future to be made as part of the plus value awareness initiative towards social enterprise.
To find out more about plus value Awareness initiative follow the link below