Additional Needs Support
This page contains ideas and links to information about helping participants with additional needs. Please contribute further ideas via the webmaster.
Visual Impairment
Large print programme planners and assessor pages are available via the DofE website at https://www.dofe.org/run/additionalneeds/
Here are some ideas to aid visually-impaired participants on their expedition.
Make an enlarged copy of the map, to turn a 1:25000 scale into effectively a 1:12500 scale (or larger). The others in the group will still be able to relate to the symbols.
Prior to the expedition, ask a leader to walk the route and narrate a description onto a Dictaphone. This can then be used on the venture proper by the participant.
Braille and talking compasses can be bought; one is available from the Oxfordshire Equipment Store.