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    Last week, while waiting for the bus in Ghana I met a woman who is
    working on a PhD about inclusive theological education Africa.  She
    was excited to talk with someone who understood the needs of the
    "disabled."  I took this as a chance to discuss pitfalls of
    inclusive with sign language users.<br>
    <br>
    I gave her an example from a cellphone repair course I attended in
    Kumasi, Ghana the previous day.  All the participants were Deaf, but
    the school was thinking about adding in the physically challenged to
    help save the teacher's time.  I explained even in the Deaf only
    class the teacher didn't understand how Deaf need to learn.  At one
    point in class he projected a list on the wall and told them to copy
    it, then began to teach on a different topic.  I was asked to
    interpret since the professional wasn't there so I felt compelled to
    stop the teacher and explained the students can either copy or watch
    the interpreter, but not both.  Clearly no one had advised him in
    this way before.  Later, he told them to watch him disassemble a
    phone and began to explain what he was doing.  Again, I reminded him
    about watching two things at once.  In both cases, the Deaf would
    have missed something important.  I stressed that the nature of sign
    language and the visual approach required by the teachers when
    teaching the Deaf makes inclusive education as currently being
    presented very difficult, if not impossible.<br>
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    I think many, many Deaf in developing countries will be further
    isolated and drop further (if that's possible) behind if the current
    version of inclusive education is mandated.<br>
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    -Jason<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/25/13 4:36 PM, Albert Bickford
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      Dear colleagues:<br>
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      (Before you get upset about the use of the word "disabled" on this
      email list, please read on!)<br>
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      I have just become aware that the UN Department of Economic and
      Social Affairs (UNDESA) and UNICEF are beginning preparations for
      a high-level meeting on disability and development this
      September.  They have organized an online forum for preliminary
      discussion of the matter.  So far, the special perspective of deaf
      people and sign language linguists has not been represented.  As a
      result, there is a distinct possibility that approaches and
      strategies proposed for persons with disabilities generally may be
      misapplied to deaf people, ignoring the crucial role that sign
      language plays in the lives of deaf people and deaf communities. 
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      I believe that people on this forum may want to express their
      views in the online consultation that is currently taking place. 
      See the email quoted below for details on how to participate.<br>
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      Please note that discussion closes in just a couple days, so if
      you want to say something, act now.<br>
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      <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 

Albert Bickford
SIL International
  Linguistic Services Coordinator, Global Sign Languages Team
  Director, SIL-UND

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                style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet
                MS","sans-serif"">In many countries, the
                realization of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
                has not been achieved for persons with
                disabilities. This clearly highlights the importance of
                ensuring that development processes are inclusive of
                persons with disabilities and their perspectives for the
                still ongoing efforts to accelerate and expand progress
                on the MDGs and in the definition of the new development
                framework that will succeed the MDGs, after 2015. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                the UN General Assembly will hold a High-level Meeting
                on disability and development, with the overarching
                theme<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em><span
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                    disability-inclusive development agenda towards 2015
                    and beyond”</span></em>, at UN Headquarters in New
                York.   </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                post-2015 agenda is inclusive of disability, the UN
                Department of Economic and Social Affairs in
                collaboration with UNICEF is holding an online moderated
                consultation to gather views from a broad range of
                stakeholders on how to include disability in the
                post-2015 development framework, in order to contribute
                to the ongoing work for the High-level Meeting.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                online discussion on “Addressing Inequalities and
                Persons with Disabilities in the Post-2015 development
                agenda”, held on this site in November (read the<span
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                this consultation aims to take a closer look at the
                particular challenges faced by per! sons with
                disabilities in different regions, and identify the
                specific measures and actions to be taken by different
                stakeholders to promote a disability-inclusive society
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