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School mural that sends students home with a powerful message Filed on April 6, 2021
Dubai s local art platform, Drawdeck, has created a new mural to support the annual Diversity and Autism Awareness days held by The Dubai British School Jumeirah Park (DBSJP).
The mural, which is located inside the school, was designed by Drawdeck s in-house team and centres around the importance of inclusion. In the past, children who were seen as different were generally kept out of society and at times hidden away. That s what the curtain in the design represents, explains Alex Dunn, managing partner of Drawdeck.
The mural, titled Unity In Diversity , hopes to encourage students to pull open the curtain to promote inclusion rather than isolation. Diversity is the colour of life and a bold vibrant design is revealed to signify this, with unity hands acknowledging the strength amongst our differences. The blue hand in particular represents autism.
-Corporate and School Training -Workshops – including ‘How to support your child with an eating disorder’, ‘Autism Awareness’ and ‘Parental Separation’. Clinical Director and Founder Jemma Meeson said: “We’re delighted to have opened The Family Treatment Service in Wimbledon, to bring mental health services to the High Street has always been my ambition. The pandemic is having devastating effects on our mental health and demand for mental health services is at an all-time high. Sadly, Mental health is not something that can be fixed or prevented with a vaccine, it requires specialist treatment. We are here to let people know that effective, evidence-based treatment exists.
-Corporate and School Training -Workshops – including ‘How to support your child with an eating disorder’, ‘Autism Awareness’ and ‘Parental Separation’. Clinical Director and Founder Jemma Meeson said: “We’re delighted to have opened The Family Treatment Service in Wimbledon, to bring mental health services to the High Street has always been my ambition. The pandemic is having devastating effects on our mental health and demand for mental health services is at an all-time high. Sadly, Mental health is not something that can be fixed or prevented with a vaccine, it requires specialist treatment. We are here to let people know that effective, evidence-based treatment exists.