Working with disabilities

1. Working with Disabilities
Leon Quigley – Isle of Wight

2. How Common is Disability?
• Disabilities at Isle of Wight FNMs
• Disabilities at SWR Judge Conference
Main Topics
• Common (and not-so-common)
conditions within the Magic
community
• Mitigating issues

3. Approaches to Disability
• Tournament integrity is your top priority
• Putting the player first – equality of
opportunity
• Negative attitudes
Terminology
The Notorious "Spazy McGee"
• Young players

4. Source of Conditions
In a rough order of likelihood:
• Developmental
• Emotional event
• Physical injury
• Ageing

5. Types of Condition
• Processing
• Unusual Psychology
• Physical
• Sensory
• Nonvisible

6. Processing
• Dyslexia
Reader
Oracle text
• Dyspraxia
Time
Shuffler
• Dyscalculia

7. Unusual Psychology
• Autistic spectrum conditions
Pro-activity
Clearness
Firmness
• Attention Deficit Disorders
Firmness
• Anxiety/Depression/PTSD
Quiet, separate area
Fixed seating

8. Physical
A little inspiration
• Mobility
Fixed seating
Awareness
• Dexterity
Shuffler – “significant and exceptional
circumstances”
Slow play?

9. Sensory
• Hearing Impairment
Always look at the person you’re talking to
Visual aids
• Visual impairment
Some more inspiration
And yet more
Reader/Scanner
Fixed seating
Braille sleeves
Foils

10. • Asthma
• Epilepsy
Types of seizure: tonic-clonic, tonic,
clonic, myoclonic, absence, and atonic
seizures.
• Narcolepsy
First aid-trained staff
Fixed seating/access
Nonvisible

11. Judging with Disabilities
• Judging with dyslexia
Help is at hand
Technical support
• Judging with Autistic Spectrum Conditions
You are not alone
A personal experience
• Disabled Judges Resource Group

12. Further Reading
Questions?