Students in Penryn will have the chance to experience what it is like to be sensory impaired and as part of a series of events at the Penryn Campus.

The Disability Campaign at FXU will be holding a programme of activities next week aimed at dispelling stereotypical views around disability.

Campaign director Mackinlay Ingham said: "The definition of disability states it is a consequence of an impairment.

"The aim of my campaign is to raise awareness of the fact that 'we are all disabled'. There should be no negative connotations to the word, it is a description. Yes, I am a wheelchair user, I am also a leader of social change."

She points out that under the social model of disability anybody with asthma, an allergy or who has ever been intoxicated, has at some point disabled themselves or been disabled.

Someone who has got themselves extremely intoxicated can be just as disabled as Macinlay in her wheelchair.

She added: "The activities will allow people to experience everyday situations from a different perspective."

The Don’t DisAbility week aims to promote what the organisers call a correct mainstream representation of disability and to raise awareness of the social model of disability, which sees people with impairments as being disabled by the fact that they are excluded from mainstream society by physical and organisational barriers and people's attitudes.

The week of events will include a Speed Dating event at the Compass on February 9, from 1.30pm to 3pm, which will allow students to ask awkward questions on a one to one basis with charities and student mentors, and a quiz called Can Disabled People Have Sex? at the Stannary on February 10, from 9pm to midnight.

On February 11 there will be a Sports Day at the campus from noon to 6pm, designed to teach students about challenges faced by various disabilities and the capabilities of those involved, with students engaging in various paralympic based activities. And on February 12 students will be able to experience the loss of vision and hearing through the use of visual and audio effects in an event called Sense, which will be held at the Academy of Music and Theatre Arts from 5pm to 8.45pm.

The audience will experience everyday situations from the perspective of a deaf/blind or sensory impaired person.

Ingrid Busengdal, organiser of the quiz night event, added: "I am personally invested in this campaign because I think the labels and stereotypes attached to the term disability are incredibly unfair.

"We have all been disabled at one point in our lives and the fact that people that are affected everyday have to deal with all of this negativity is not fair."

For tickets to Sense, visit https://amata.ticketsolve.com/#/shows/873544770