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Second Dancing related Awareness Special
The second edition of the annual themed Dancing Awareness Special was developed online to coincide with two awareness events in April (including autism dance day and International Dance Day)
This edition focused on the theme "Unify Dancing, not divide".
The webpage provides an information summary on the importance of not dividing and excluding people with neurological difficulties.
Background
As a Latin dancing participant and attendee (of classes, events & conventions), I have observed major social changes with more dividing attitudes and shrinking patient levels of dancers at most dancing environments I have attended. This is sadly dividing me and other neurodivergent dancers away from many environments which goes against my purpose of attending and participating.
Also, there has been a lot of negative stigma against me and autistic people due to a horrifying incident by an autistic criminal offender at a dancing environment in 2024. Unfortunately, the stigma had led to an increasing amount of disrespect and segregation to the level where hatcher reduced my dancing presence. This is why I created this themed awareness special to encourage everyone to look beyond perceptions, stigma, and not use a person's difficulties or perceptions to divide and exclude from dancing environments.
This online special appears on both this website and on my awareness website "Plus Value Awareness"
More to come
In addition to the summary information, this online special will also include some original articles
also provides direct links to specific projects and blog articles
New blog: Everyone in dancing must break the dividing environments (soon)
A reminder of information and insight to reduce divisions in dancing environments
New Blog: Barriers at a major Dancing convention
An insight into sharing my personal experiences at major Latin dancing conventions.
Coming soon
New: Video promotion of Embrace Dancing
Original blog articles
New blog: Everyone in dancing must break the dividing environments
A reminder of information and insight to reduce divisions in dancing environments
New Blog: Barriers at a major Dancing convention
An insight into sharing my personal experiences at major Latin dancing conventions.
Further Developments to be made with extracts from this special webpage to be represented as a special series of social media templates (full status posts and vertical image stories) and video presented as video reels
Further possibilities could be made if this project could reach more people and more dancing communities.
Keep updated by following my social media profile
Visit the online special "Unify dancing not divide"
Available until March 2026
Visit the Embrace Dancing feature to explore my dancing related awareness deevelopments
Notice to editors
Keith Mckenzie
Keith is an awareness campaigner, a creative designer (Graphic design and digital art) and a salsa dancing participant
With a background in Art & Design (including Graphic Design & Digital art) and a participant in music-related film documentaries, events & record label project King Of the Beats including filming and behind the scene preparations.
Keith was educated at Hereford College of the Arts, the University of Northampton, Birmingham City University and Google's Digital Garage. Since 2000 , he has developed over twenty years in providing awareness projects, campaigns and activities with the Awareness brand Plus Value Awareness along with Differences Originals. Also am involved with salsa classes in the local community
as an assistant. I also have participated in major dancing conventions in Birmingham's, including Motion City (created by Birmingham Latinmotion and London's ManboCity) during the summer and Latinmotion's NYE Fest during the New Year public holiday.
In 2022. Keith became a featured community participant for Birmingham who became part of special projects and campaigns to promote a positive legacy beyond hosting the Commonwealth Games
Plus Value Awareness
The Plus Value Awareness initiative is my family of projects, information & campaigns about challenges understanding and awareness for people with hidden differences, to see more human rather than medical aspects and to promote and educate a better sense of value. Eventually develop this awareness initiative to provide in the future potential services, products and social mission activities as part of the umbrella identity
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