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Franz,<br>
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I also found it hard to navigate their site, but this is what I
found:<br>
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To Register: <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif';
FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><a href="http://www.worldwewant2015.org/register"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="COLOR: purple">http://www.worldwewant2015.org/register</span></a><br>
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The start of the discussion: </span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="www.worldwewant2015.org/enable"><strong><span
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE:
10pt"><span style="COLOR: purple">www.worldwewant2015.org/enable</span></span></strong></a><br>
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On the "Enable" page you'll see something like this:<br>
<a href="http://www.worldwewant2015.org/node/315334">عربي</a>
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.worldwewant2015.org/node/315334">http://www.worldwewant2015.org/node/315334</a>)<br>
<a href="http://www.worldwewant2015.org/node/315356">中文
(http://www.worldwewant2015.org/node/315356)</a><br>
<a href="http://www.worldwewant2015.org/node/314874">English
(http://www.worldwewant2015.org/node/314874)</a><br>
<a href="http://www.worldwewant2015.org/node/315366">Español
(http://www.worldwewant2015.org/node/315366)</a><br>
<a href="http://www.worldwewant2015.org/node/315359">Français
(http://www.worldwewant2015.org/node/315359)</a><br>
<a href="http://www.worldwewant2015.org/node/315371">Русский
(http://www.worldwewant2015.org/node/315371)</a><br>
<a href="http://www.worldwewant2015.org/node/315364">Português
(http://www.worldwewant2015.org/node/315364)</a><br>
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<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
Click on whichever language you choose. Clearly, the site is not
"inclusive" due to it's lack of sign languages, but we won't go
into that.<br>
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I hope that helps.<br>
<br>
-Jason<br>
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On 3/26/13 7:18 AM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Franz.Dotter@UNI-KLU.AC.AT">Franz.Dotter@UNI-KLU.AC.AT</a> wrote:<br>
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<div>Dear Albert,</div>
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<div>Maybe I'm to silly, but after having created my account, I
could not find an overview concerning the consultation, just
found one question and then two others elsewhere. Can anyone
help?</div>
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<div>Related to the consultation: To put one very important point,
namely language development: doctors, speech therapists etc.
signal a potential big problem if a hearing child does not reach
the 50 words limit with 2 years of age and demand urgent action
not to create language and cognition delays or deficits. For
deaf children there is no such effort. On the contrary: Many
"experts" tell the parents: "Just wait, language will emerge
some time later". We have to overcome this split thinking: Also
deaf children have the right to develop their language in the
same life period as hearing children do. As long as we do not
reach this goal of "language development for deaf children in
the sensible phases", there will be massive developmental
delays.</div>
<div>To put another analogy which is not taken up to now: All
linguists stress the importance of allowing/assisting migrant
children in using and developing also their mother/family
language for their future identity and language competences. But
this is not taken earnest for deaf children: They are kept away
from sign language which they could (not must!) choose as their
mother or preferred language. So they are also broken in
identity as they are only forced to accept that they will
be less good spoken language users for their whole life.</div>
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<div>Best Regards</div>
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<div>Franz Dotter</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Center for Sign Language and Deaf Communication, University
of Klagenfurt<br>
Additionally funded by: Provincial government of Carinthia<br>
Head: Franz Dotter (hearing)<br>
Collaborators: Elisabeth Bergmeister (deaf), Silke Bornholdt
(deaf), Luzia Gansinger (hearing), Simone Greiner-Ogris
(hearing) Andrea Grilz (hearing, on maternity leave), Christian
Hausch (deaf), Marlene Hilzensauer (hearing), Klaudia Krammer
(hearing), Christine Kulterer (hearing), Andrea Lackner
(hearing), Anita Pirker (deaf), Nathalie Slavicek (hard of
hearing), Natalie Unterberger (deaf)<br>
Administration: Friederike Wieser (hearing)<br>
Homepage: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/zgh">http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/zgh</a><br>
Deaf server (in German): <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://deaf.uni-klu.ac.at">http://deaf.uni-klu.ac.at</a><br>
Fax: ++43 (0)463 2700 992891 (Elisabeth Bergmeister), /992892
(Silke Bornholdt), /992893 (Christian Hausch), /992894 (Anita
Pirker), /992895 (Nathalie Slavicek), /992896 (Natalie
Unterberger), /992802 (Friederike Wieser)<br>
Phone: ++43 (0)463 2700 /2821 (Franz Dotter),/2823 (Marlene
Hilzensauer), /2824 (Klaudia Krammer), /2829 (Christine
Kulterer), /2802 (Friederike Wieser)<br>
Email addresses: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:firstname.lastname@uni-klu.ac.at">firstname.lastname@uni-klu.ac.at</a><br>
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>>> "Albert Bickford" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:albert_bickford@SIL.ORG"><albert_bickford@SIL.ORG></a>
3/25/2013 5:36 >>><br>
Dear colleagues:<br>
<br>
(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. <br>
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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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<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Dear members of the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://worldwewant2015.org/"><span style="COLOR: purple">WorldWeWant2015.org</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>website,</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
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MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">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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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet
MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">On 23 September 2013,
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
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'">“The
way forward: a 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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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet
MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">To ensure that the
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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MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Building on the
earlier online discussion on “Addressing Inequalities
and Persons with Disabilities in the Post-2015
development agenda”, held on this site in November (read
the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a
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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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would like to invite you take part in this online
consultation, starting on<span
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March</span></strong><span
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running for three weeks until<span
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March</span></strong>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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FONT-SIZE: 10pt">and log-in or register <a
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style="COLOR: purple">http://www.worldwewant2015.org/register</span></a>).
Simultaneous consultations will take place in English,
Arabic, Chinese, French, Portuguese, Russian and
Spanish. The site is compatible with screen readers,
however, if you are unable to access the site, please
email your response to:<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:enable@worldwewant2015.org?subject=RE%3A%20INVITATION%3A%20Online%20consultation%20for%20a%20disability%20inclusive%20development%20agenda%20towards%202015%20%26%20beyond"><span
style="COLOR: purple">enable@worldwewant2015.org</span></a>.
Please note that the forum is moderated, therefore your
post will not appear immediately but will be posted
within twenty-four hours.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The recommendations
emerging from your contributions will be incorporated
into a report on the consultations to inform the
preparation of the outcome document for the UN
High-level Meeting on 23 September 2013.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The consultation aims
to be as broad and open as possible, in order to enable
a multitude of voices to be heard from Governments, UN
system organizations, academia, media, private sector
and civil society organizations, including persons with
disabilities and their organizations (DPOs).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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colleagues, partners and networks to participate!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">United
Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
(DESA) and UNICEF in collaboration with the United
Nations Promoting the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities (UNPRPD)</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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