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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>
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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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Albert Bickford
SIL International
Linguistic Services Coordinator, Global Sign Languages Team
Director, SIL-UND
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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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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
and development.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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running for three weeks until<span
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UNICEF in collaboration with the United Nations
Promoting the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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