Safety Programs for Everybody
Ability:IMPACT Programs equips people with disabilities with the skills and confidence to navigate the world safely — from recognizing and responding to physical threats, to building healthy relationships, to staying safe online. Through evidence-based, adaptive curricula, participants learn self-defense, self-advocacy, consent, and digital literacy in formats designed specifically for their needs.
Self-Defense
Ability:IMPACT Healthy Relationships & Sexuality Education program gives people with disabilities the skills and information to lead full, happy and independent lives enhanced by healthy relationships of their own choosing. Our full program consists of twenty 60-minute sessions. We can also create shorter, customized programs to meet the needs of each unique group of individuals.
TJE
- Refusing unwanted help or attention while commuting on public transportation.
- Deflecting and escaping a bullying situation.
- Assertive communication and self-advocacy.
- Resisting inappropriate sexual touch from a caregiver or adult, including workplace sexual harassment.
- Resisting attempted sexual assault by a dating partner or peer.
- Effective communication and conflict resolution in the workplace.
- Adaptive physical self-protection skills.
IMPACT:Ability is evidence-based. An independent evaluation conducted by the Institute for Community Health found that the program increased Boston Public Schools Students’ knowledge, self-confidence and self-protective behaviors. One-year follow-up evaluation found that many of these gains were maintained.
Evaluation Research: The Effectiveness of Ability:IMPACT,