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<p>Disability News worldwide&nbsp;&nbsp; :)<br /><br />Ratify the UN Disability Treaty&nbsp;&nbsp; :)<br />Michael Ashley Stein and Janet E. Lord | July 9, 2009 Editor: John Feffer The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD, or the Convention) is the first human rights treaty of the 21st century. The CRPD is also the first legally binding international instrument with the power specifically to protect the rights of the world's largest minority, some 650 million persons with disabilities. Adopted in December 2006, along with an optional protocol providing for communications a<br />read more...<br /><a href='http://nsingit.wordpress.com/2009/07/10/ratify-the-un-disability-treat/'>http://nsingit. wordpress. com/2009/ 07/10/ratify- the-un-disabilit y-treat/</a><br /><br />Okello Just in<br />Bryan Lupton | PostedJuly 9th, 2009 | Africa I went to a training on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the Alero IDP camp and met several extraordinary individuals. One of these is Justin Okello. A survivor of polio at age 3, Justin lost the use of his left leg and uses crutches to get around. In addition, his family was torn apart by the war with the LRA, with two of his siblings killed, five abducted, and two of those five having yet to return. No one knows if they are still alive. Justin has been living with his wife and daughter in the Alero IDP camp for more than 10 years, but refuses to remain idle. He lacks the capital to move<br />read more...<br /><a href='http://nsingit.wordpress.com/2009/07/10/okello-justin/'>http://nsingit. wordpress. com/2009/ 07/10/okello- justin/</a><br /><br />Disability Shouldn't Be a Factor (Even Though It Is)<br />Let's get down to brass tax. Disability is a probably the biggest part of our lives. No matter what your limitation is, our everyday is built around what we can't do. And that's totally fine. It's what to be expected from life with a disability. But that's where it needs to stop. The day to day logistics of living with a disability (i.e. travel, eating, using the bathroom) are the only part of being crippled that we should allow to infect our life. Please let me elaborate. Since I'm in a wheelchair, I'm going to stick to that in my examination as it's the easiest for me to speak from. We've all probably had the exper<br />read more...<br /><a href='http://nsingit.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/disability-shouldnt-be-a-factor-even-though-it-is/'>http://nsingit. wordpress. com/2009/ 07/09/disability -shouldnt- be-a-factor- even-though- it-is/</a><br /><br />Interpreter creates children's books in ASL, English text<br />New children's books come out everyday, but it's rare that someone creates an entirely new way of storytelling. But the creator of a new version of The Princess and the Pea has come up with a book for the hearing&ndash;impaired that's written in both English and American Sign Language. Creator Laurie Meyer is a long time American Sign Language interpreter. When she couldn't find any books in ASL, she decided to create her own &ndash;&ndash; if you can call it a book. It's really something new. The text of the book is in English, and it comes with a companion DVD. What you see on the DVD are rich, colorful illustrations and an expressive ASL sign<br />read more...<br /><a href='http://nsingit.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/interpreter-creates-childrens-books-in-asl-english-text/'>http://nsingit. wordpress. com/2009/ 07/07/interprete r-creates- childrens- books-in- asl-english- text/</a><br /><br />China introduces access signs for disabled people<br />BEIJING, Feb. 1 &ndash; China has begun introducing access signs for disabled people based on internationally&ndash; recognized symbols. Bai Dianyi, head of the basic standardization research center, at the China National Institute of Standardization, which oversaw the drafting of the signs, said Sunday the 15 symbols appeared on the first batch of public information graphical signs in China on Jan. 1. "We have borrowed ideas from symbols in countries such as Britain, and our symbols are geared to international standards," said Bai. The symbols include those for guide dogs, for telephones for people with hearing and speaking problems, and for access for the physica<br />read more...<br /><a href='http://nsingit.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/china-introduces-access-signs-for-disabled-people/'>http://nsingit. wordpress. com/2009/ 07/07/china- introduces- access-signs- for-disabled- people/</a></p>
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