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 * About Us
   * Our Mission
   * Our Stories
   * Our Pledge
   * What’s Up Next?
 * Gotta Dig It
   * Program Model
   * Program Launch
   * Social Barriers
   * Posts
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   * Our Mission
   * Our Stories
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   * What’s Up Next?
 * Gotta Dig It
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   * Gotta DIG It Cuff
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What is DIG and what is Gotta DIG It ?

"DIG," an acronym for Disability Inclusion Guild, is an organization created to
break social barriers for people with disabilities.

"Gotta DIG It" is the way we feel about inclusion. It's also our motto and the
name of our signature programa to promote the social inclusion using mindfulness
and experiential learning. Our Gotta DIG It Programs can be adapted to teach
social inclusion to any group, school, organization or community.

Gotta DIG It was intended to improve social circumstances for people with
disabilities by educating mainstream society. What resulted from our first
program was a domino effect of well-being, both throughout mainstream
participants and those with disabilities. We like to call it the DIG effect: the
outcome of greater good.  Young participants (adolescents) reported experiencing
an "feeling better about themselves" and experiencing  a sense of purpose,"self
esteem," and "a connection" with other participants.  We are dedicated to
promoting compassion within society, and an opening of minds.

  

Our programs are based on concepts of what truly brings change to the human
mind, and in turn to whole communities: Mindfulness, Experience, and Unity. This
is what it takes to create the emotional impact needed to make change happen.

MINDFULNESS:  We can demystify the "M" word for you.  Mindfulness involves being
present, without judgement and with compassion and curiosity. We incorporate
mindfulness practices, mind and heart openers, and intention-focused strategies
in our teaching methods.

HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE: Participants get to use their hands, bodies, and senses to
experience what it feels like to have certain limitations on our abilities. By
using experiential learning stations to simulate various disabilities, we can
expose mainstream participants to some of the obstacles those of us with
disabilities overcome daily.  We want to convert sympathy to empathy, and bring
attention to the limitless common traits we all share. These learning stations
are often lead by individuals with the specific limitations we aim to simulate.
Although there is no way to truly live a day or even an hour in the life of
someone with a disability, this gives us a taste of what it can feel like. When
mindfully observing these limitations on abilities, we are able to create a
sense of understanding.

UNITY: What unites us is much more important than what divides us. Gotta DIG It
always emphasizes the universal human qualities we all share, regardless of
differing abilities. Our programs require personal involvement, and are lead by
members of your own community including people with all different abilities,
uniting to understand each other.

We have existing program models for school-based programs which can be done in
an assembly format for an hour or so, or a classroom format in which GOTTA DIG
IT is worked into school curriculum over the course of a day up to a week.

Gotta DIG IT programs can stand alone or be adapted to merge with existing
programs already in place. We'd love to bring our Gotta DIG It program to you.
We support organizations who share a common cause. Check out our Resource
Network for more info.

Take a look at our sample program model.

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