Everybody is different. Everybody should be included.
Discover Inclusion. See life through a different lens.
About
Working in education, I noticed that many teachers, teaching assistants and other professionals were spending hours and hours creating resources to support the students they work with.
EHCPs often include long lists of resources that are associated with key strategies to support students to communicate, access the curriculum, learn and achieve. Many hours of after-school printing, cutting, trimming and laminating are involved in ensuring the students have everything they need to succeed. After lots of research, it became clear that there wasn't a company who supplied good quality, pre-made resources for the busy education professional and I decided something needed to be done about it.
From the outset, I wanted to create resources that represent us all. It is important that everyone is represented as taking an equal part in society no matter their race, religion, gender identity, age, disability or any other difference. This means all the people we see around us and ourselves! I wanted to ensure that every child is supported by resources that include images of people that look just like them.
Discover Inclusion was born.
The Discover Inclusion vision is to create a world where communication, learning and play resources are accessible and diverse. It is about helping teachers, teaching assistants and therapists reduce their workload by creating easy to use ready-made resources.
Discover Inclusion also aims to offer resources for parents, carers and families and to reduce the support gap to lower income families. The practical Discover Inclusion resources give them tools to support their child to learn and grow when an educational need, disability or disorder can feel overwhelming.
Kerry Thalia (she/they) - Founding Director
Kerry grew up in North Wales with a strong determination that one day she would be changing lives! Her enthusiasm for inclusion for all, along with her own neurodivergence, has driven her to set up Discover Inclusion.
Kerry has experience working in mainstream and alternative provisions with children with a range of needs. In fact, she has worked with children all over the world, from the Arctic Circle to Costa Rica.
She completed a level 6 diploma in teaching and learning, focussing on inclusion and diversity, and is now working on a Masters in Inclusion at the University of Birmingham.
Kerry is also responsible for drawing all the illustrations and designing all of the packs we create. In addition to being the creative force behind Discover Inclusion, she provides one to one advice and support by consultation.
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