Dr. Ben Whitburn

This week gough welcomes to the podcast Dr. Ben Whitburn. Dr. Whitburn has a PhD in disability education and has been involved in the disability sector all of his life. Dr. Whitburn chats about what discrimination means to him and ways he has seen it happen in the education system, for example gate keeping at schools. Dr. Whitburn also gives some great advice to parents who may have a child with a disability at school age and also teachers who may have a child in their class with a disability. He also talks about how great technology is at bridging the gap and assisting folks out there who may have a disability. gough and Dr. Whitburn also chat about the benefits to not just the students, but to the community at large of having an inclusive education environment in their local area. A really informative and interesting chat with an expert in his field. For more information on this podcast episode and everything else Beernuts Productions, please go to https://beernutsproductions.com/.