[SPAM] Antw: UN consultation on disability inclusion--the perspective of deaf people and sign language linguists is needed

Tue Mar 26 10:02:02 UTC 2013

Franz,

I also found it hard to navigate their site, but this is what I found:

To Register: http://www.worldwewant2015.org/register

The start of the discussion: *www.worldwewant2015.org/enable*

On the "Enable" page you'll see something like this:
عربي <http://www.worldwewant2015.org/node/315334> 
(http://www.worldwewant2015.org/node/315334)
中文 (http://www.worldwewant2015.org/node/315356) 
<http://www.worldwewant2015.org/node/315356>
English (http://www.worldwewant2015.org/node/314874) 
<http://www.worldwewant2015.org/node/314874>
Español (http://www.worldwewant2015.org/node/315366) 
<http://www.worldwewant2015.org/node/315366>
Français (http://www.worldwewant2015.org/node/315359) 
<http://www.worldwewant2015.org/node/315359>
Русский (http://www.worldwewant2015.org/node/315371) 
<http://www.worldwewant2015.org/node/315371>
Português (http://www.worldwewant2015.org/node/315364) 
<http://www.worldwewant2015.org/node/315364>

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.

I hope that helps.

-Jason

On 3/26/13 7:18 AM, Franz.Dotter at UNI-KLU.AC.AT wrote:
> Dear Albert,
> 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?
> 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.
> 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.
> Best Regards
> Franz Dotter
> Center for Sign Language and Deaf Communication, University of Klagenfurt
> Additionally funded by: Provincial government of Carinthia
> Head: Franz Dotter (hearing)
> 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)
> Administration: Friederike Wieser (hearing)
> Homepage: http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/zgh
> Deaf server (in German): http://deaf.uni-klu.ac.at
> 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)
> Phone: ++43 (0)463 2700 /2821 (Franz Dotter),/2823 (Marlene 
> Hilzensauer), /2824 (Klaudia Krammer), /2829 (Christine Kulterer), 
> /2802 (Friederike Wieser)
> Email addresses: firstname.lastname at uni-klu.ac.at 
> <mailto:firstname.lastname at uni-klu.ac.at>
>
>
> >>> "Albert Bickford" <albert_bickford at SIL.ORG> 3/25/2013 5:36 >>>
> Dear colleagues:
>
> (Before you get upset about the use of the word "disabled" on this 
> email list, please read on!)
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Please note that discussion closes in just a couple days, so if you 
> want to say something, act now.
>
> -- 
>
> Albert Bickford
> SIL International
>    Linguistic Services Coordinator, Global Sign Languages Team
>    Director, SIL-UND
>
> Please use different email addresses for different topics:
>    sign languages:linguistic_services_gslt at sil.org
>    SIL-UND:director_silund at sil.org
>    other:albert_bickford at sil.org  
>
> late May through early August:
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> -------
>
> Dear members of the  WorldWeWant2015.org  <http://worldwewant2015.org/>  website,
>
> 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.
>
> On 23 September 2013, the UN General Assembly will hold a High-level 
> Meeting on disability and development, with the overarching theme/“The 
> way forward: a disability-inclusive development agenda towards 2015 
> and beyond”/, at UN Headquarters in New York.
>
> 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.
>
> 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 thesummary report here 
> <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=64945919&msgid=483543&act=M3EP&c=1000518&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldwewant2015.org%2Fnode%2F304822%3Futm_source%3DiContact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DInequalities%3A%20WorldWeWant2015%26utm_content%3D>:http://www.worldwewant2015.org/node/304822 
> <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=64945919&msgid=483543&act=M3EP&c=1000518&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldwewant2015.org%2Fnode%2F304822%3Futm_source%3DiContact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DInequalities%3A%20WorldWeWant2015%26utm_content%3D>) 
> 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.
>
> In this context, we would like to invite you take part in this online 
> consultation, starting on*8 March***and running for three weeks 
> until*28 March*.
>
> *To participate, please visit the 
> site****www.worldwewant2015.org/enable 
> <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=64945919&msgid=483543&act=M3EP&c=1000518&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldwewant2015.org%2Fenable%3Futm_source%3DiContact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DInequalities%3A%20WorldWeWant2015%26utm_content%3D>****and 
> log-in or register here 
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> <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=64945919&msgid=483543&act=M3EP&c=1000518&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldwewant2015.org%2Fregister%3Futm_source%3DiContact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DInequalities%3A%20W%21%20orldWeWant2015%26utm_content%3D>). 
> 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:enable at worldwewant2015.org 
> <mailto:enable at worldwewant2015.org?subject=RE%3A%20INVITATION%3A%20Online%20consultation%20for%20a%20disability%20inclusive%20development%20agenda%20towards%202015%20%26%20beyond>. 
> Please note that the forum is moderated, therefore your post will not 
> appear immediately but will be posted within twenty-four hours.
>
> 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.
>
> 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).
>
> Please invite your colleagues, partners and networks to participate!
>
> Warm regards,
>
> *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)*
>
> Contact: enable at worldwewant2015.org 
> <mailto:enable at worldwewant2015.org?subject=INVITATION%3A%20Online%20consultations%20for%20a%20disability%20inclusive%20development%20agenda%20towards%202015%20and%20beyond%20>
>
> Discussion web site:http://www.worldwewant2015.org/enable 
> <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=64945919&msgid=483543&act=M3EP&c=1000518&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldwewant2015.org%2Fenable%3Futm_source%3DiContact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DInequalities%3A%20WorldWeWant2015%26utm_content%3D>
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