Get More Disability Education in the School Systems

The Issue

My name is Kiaira Julieanna, I am 19 and from a small community in Alberta, Canada. I have Spastic Hemiplegia  (Cerebral Palsy), I started this petition in hopes of changing the amount of uneducated people that are not familiar about Disabilities. I grew up in a town that was uneductated and I always felt like I had to explain my disability and even the basic information about disabilities. 

My goal with this petition is to eventually change the school system to fit the disability community better. To educate more people to be informed and more knowlegable about different disabilities and the basics of how to treat and talk about disabilities. I think  the school curriculum should include disabilities. It is disapointing that in 2021, The disability community is still struggling to be welcomed in society. We could help the world become more accepting by starting to teach and allow kids to ask those uncomfortable questions about disabilities, to feel safe on asking any question without being scared. If we taught about disabilities in the schools, It would help normalize disabilities, so kids and future adults would never feel weird or uneducated when it came to being exposed to a person with a Disability.

This affects everyone. The people apart of the disability community needs your help. We need to stop the discrimination that most people with disabilities face EVERYDAY. The only way to stop the discrimination and hate is to educate as many people as possible and if we start teaching our kids and informing them. 

Thank you for your time and I hope you support this fight.

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The Issue

My name is Kiaira Julieanna, I am 19 and from a small community in Alberta, Canada. I have Spastic Hemiplegia  (Cerebral Palsy), I started this petition in hopes of changing the amount of uneducated people that are not familiar about Disabilities. I grew up in a town that was uneductated and I always felt like I had to explain my disability and even the basic information about disabilities. 

My goal with this petition is to eventually change the school system to fit the disability community better. To educate more people to be informed and more knowlegable about different disabilities and the basics of how to treat and talk about disabilities. I think  the school curriculum should include disabilities. It is disapointing that in 2021, The disability community is still struggling to be welcomed in society. We could help the world become more accepting by starting to teach and allow kids to ask those uncomfortable questions about disabilities, to feel safe on asking any question without being scared. If we taught about disabilities in the schools, It would help normalize disabilities, so kids and future adults would never feel weird or uneducated when it came to being exposed to a person with a Disability.

This affects everyone. The people apart of the disability community needs your help. We need to stop the discrimination that most people with disabilities face EVERYDAY. The only way to stop the discrimination and hate is to educate as many people as possible and if we start teaching our kids and informing them. 

Thank you for your time and I hope you support this fight.

The Decision Makers

Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister of Canada/Premier ministre du Canada
Alberta Ministry of Education
Alberta Ministry of Education
Minister Adriana LaGrange
Minister Adriana LaGrange

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Petition created on April 10, 2021