'Wheel Talk' Disability Awareness Program
Visiting over 20,000 students in over 200 schools and tertiary institutions annually throughout Victoria, the Wheel Talk Disability Education Program is one of WSV's most successful & popular initiatives.
Students take part in an interactive session, including a presentation and wheelchair basketball activity component, learning about the skills and abilities of people with a disability, wheelchair athletes and the important issue of spinal cord injury prevention.
The program also offers students the chance to ask those burning questions many want to ask about living with a disability, including what it is like to play sport with a disability and/ or in a wheelchair or any other queries they may have.
The presenters involved offer an intriguing insight into the world of disability sport and living with a disability, and their passion for sport makes a lasting impact on everyone involved.
The wheelchairs used are all basketball wheelchairs and whilst extremely manoeuvrable are also very safe with an anti-tip wheel fitted for maximum stability.
WHEEL TALK FLYER & BOOKING INFORMATION
WHEEL TALK BOOKING INFORMATION
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
Contact us on (03) 9473 0133 or use our Enquiry Form.
A number of Regional Tours are conducted to all corners of the state annually which allow regionally isolated schools the chance to share in this unique Program.
Wheel Talk also operates during school holidays and can be booked for After School Care classes.
Schools can also book our Wheel Talk chairs for their own mini basketball competitions.
WHEEL TALK SCHOOL EVALUATION FORMS
WSV is interested in your feedback of the Wheel Talk program. Please complete the survey on the relevant link:
Teacher Evaluation form CLICK HERE
Student Evaluation form CLICK HERE
WHEEL TALK PRESENTERS
Andrew Browning
Lincoln Budge
Information for Student and Teachers relating to Spinal Cord Injury and its Prevention
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Information from USA with a brief over view of SCI, its causes and prevention.
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Indepth information about SCI
Wheel Talk Program Feedback
Year 6 Caulfield Grammar student
Year 6 Caulfield Grammar student
"This really is a great program and I thoroughly endorse it and its aims. It does make the students think about the consequences of their actions. It's not just a TV advertisement!"
Camille Bradley - St. Aloysious College
"To just say, "Wow, that was fun!", is to turn away from the fact that one day we may not have the chance to stand up and walk away, and I think your visit has made our class more aware of the dangers and how to prevent them".
Student - St Paul's Anglican Grammar.
"In taking time out to share the afternoon and a part of yourselves with us, we have been given the gift of understanding that the only barriers that exist in our lives are those that we ourselves perceive, and that we can achieve anything in life, with the willingness to try".
Snr Const - Maroondah Police Youth Corps