Toyah, diagnosed with Friedreich's ataxia at 13, has achieved an educational background and developed a board game designed to educate on disability barriers. The game, tested by over 1500 individuals, includes various impairments and aims to broaden understanding through interactive play. It seeks to reduce stigma and improve quality of life while providing effective equality training.

2.  Toyah was diagnosed with Freidreichs Ataxia at the age of 13
 Main stream School, College and University
 Gained Post Graduate Certificate in Disability Studies
 Travelled around the world
 Passionate
 Equal Equality

3.  Removing Barriers
 Prototype – ‘Princes Trust’ and ‘unlimited Awards’
 Copyright
 Registered Trademark
 Fun light hearted game
 Road tested by over 1500 people in Schools. Colleges and Local Authorities
 Originally covering Physical, Hearing and Visual impairments
 Now includes Mental Health and Learning difficulties
 80 Million (15.7%) people in the EU
 Broaden the understanding in a fun and interactive way

4.  3 Sets of questions
Educate people about the barriers
 Disabled includes :
Physical impairments (including Hidden)
Deaf, deafened and hard of hearing
Mental issues
Visual impairments
Learning difficulties
 Widen peoples knowledge and understanding

5.  Split into 5 groups of 3
 Choose a centre with a particular impairment
Physical impairments (including Hidden)
Deaf, deafened and hard of hearing
Mental issues
Visual impairments
Learning difficulties
 Object to remove as many barriers as possible

6.  Competition
 Expensive and time consuming
 Equality training using Removing Barriers
 Effective
 Personal DVD (multi lingual)
 Appealing Educational learning tool
 Reduces Stigma – Improved quality of life

7. Testamonials
The appearance of the game is
bright, colourful and engages
the audience to play.
Diane Friend
Ataxia Nurse
Imaginatively produced
Very valuable
Diane Ekins
Rotherham & Doncaster NHS
Fun, Informative and Easy
Lecturer Doncaster College
Jo Holt

8. Since attending ‘Game For Health Europe 2015’ I
have been working with a company named Focus
Games;
“We develop board games for learning and
development. Our games make face-to-face
engagement easy, effective and affordable.
We can:
1. Develop a game you’ve already made
2. Make your game concept a reality
3. Create a new game for a specific project”