Interview on Understanding Domestic Abuse with Learning Curve Group:
Join me in explaining my educational journey with Learning_Curve_Group
There’s something powerful about choosing to keep learning — especially when life has already taught you more than it ever should have.
My journey with Learning Curve Group wasn’t just about gaining a qualification. It was about reclaiming something. Structure. Understanding. A sense of direction in a world that, at times, has felt deliberately disorientating.
I completed the Level 2 Certificate in Understanding Domestic Abuse — and I don’t say that lightly. This wasn’t just a course you “tick off.” This was one of those experiences that sits with you. That challenges you. That validates things you’ve lived through, while also giving you the language, the frameworks, and the clarity to advocate — not just for yourself, but for others.
What stood out to me most was the accessibility. And I mean that in the way it should actually be understood — not as a buzzword, but as a lived necessity.
As someone who is disabled, who processes things differently, who needs time, flexibility, and genuine understanding… I wasn’t made to feel like a problem to be managed. I was supported. The learning structure allowed me to work at my own pace, to revisit material when I needed to, and to engage with content in a way that worked with me, not against me.
That matters more than people realise.
Because education isn’t inaccessible by accident — it becomes inaccessible when people refuse to adapt. And here, adaptation wasn’t an afterthought. It was built in.
The course itself dives deep into the realities of domestic abuse — not just the obvious forms people recognise, but the subtle, insidious patterns that so often get dismissed or misunderstood. Coercive control. Psychological harm. The long-term impact. The systems that fail victims. The reasons people stay. The barriers to leaving.
It’s not easy content. It’s not meant to be.
But it’s necessary.
And for me, it’s become another tool in my advocacy. Another layer to the work I already do as an Independent Disability Advocate. Because when you understand something properly — when you’ve both lived it and studied it — you’re in a stronger position to challenge it, to call it out, and to support others navigating it.
This wasn’t just education. This was empowerment.
And if you’re someone who has ever felt overlooked, unsupported, or like traditional education wasn’t built for you — I see you. I am you. And I want you to know there are spaces out there trying to do better.
We deserve to learn without barriers. We deserve to be supported without judgment. We deserve to turn our experiences into something that helps others survive.
This is just one part of my journey — but it’s one I’m proud of.
Sarah Wingfield
Actor | Author | Advocate
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