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Project 2025 could reshape Deaf access in a big way—from education and healthcare to everyday life. As someone who’s navigated Deaf advocacy firsthand, I know just how critical policies like IDEA and the ADA can be. In my new Substack post, I dive into the potential shifts we might see—and what we can do to protect and expand Deaf rights. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/gEARAxpr Let’s stand together for a more inclusive future.

Today for #16Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, we are showcasing the work of the Psycho-Education and Applied Research Center for the Deaf (PARD- Vietnam). Based in Vietnam, PARD has a vision to create an inclusive society where Deaf individuals have full access to sign language and equal participation in all social activities. PARD is making strides to empower the Deaf community through education, advocacy, and tailored support. PARD's initiatives to combat #GBV include: ✅ Partnering with local authorities, such as police officers, to address cases of violence and abuse against Deaf women. ✅ Developing resources about violence and abuse against women and children that are accessible to the Deaf community, ensuring that teachers and students at Deaf schools and centers can easily understand and share this information. These measures reflect PARD's commitment to addressing the unique challenges faced by the Deaf community, providing comprehensive and tailored support, and working toward a future where everyone has the tools to thrive in a safe and equitable society.

I’m proud to stand alongside CNIB and CNIB Deafblind Community Services (DBCS) to advocate for Deafblind services in British Columbia.  People who are Deafblind face unique challenges, including significant barriers to communication, mobility, and independence. Together, we are working to ensure they continue to have access to the essential services they need to live the lives they choose.  DBCS provides crucial supports like intervenors, who facilitate communication through tactile methods, sign language, and other diverse forms of communication. Without sustainable government funding, these life-changing services are at risk, potentially leaving individuals who are Deafblind without the supports they need to fully engage with their communities, safely and independently.  You can make a difference! If you’re in B.C, please send a letter, urging the Party leaders to commit to long-term, sustainable funding for these vital services. It only takes two-minutes, and your advocacy is key to ensuring people who are Deafblind can thrive.   Send your letter and learn more by visiting https://lnkd.in/ekaehjWv   Let’s stand together to create a future where everyone has the right to live with dignity!   #SupportDeafblindServices #AccessibilityMatters #Inclusion #CNIB #DBCS #StrongerTogether 

Listening to children and including them in decision making is vital. If we are to understand and create more effective responses and preventative strategies we need to recognise, value and recognise this knowledge base. Listen and learn from children, tamariki and rangatahi - when we do, we gain understanding, insights and different, more reality-based innovative solutions.

Today, on Human Rights Day, we highlight the ongoing violation of the rights of disabled people in Europe. Thousands remain institutionalized, living in segregated settings, deprived of liberty and the ability to choose their own lives. According to independent research, at least 1,4 million disabled people are still confined in institutions across Europe. Deinstitutionalization is not just a policy—it’s a human rights obligation. Together, let’s fight for a future where everyone can live with dignity, freedom, and choice in their community. #HumanRightsDay #DisabilityRights #Deinstitutionalization #IndependentLiving

There is a marked difference between the judiciary and the government in dealing with disabled persons. I have several writ petitions in Delhi High Court seeking implementation of provisions of “Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016”. My experience has been that the government would try to find ways to avoid such implementation or at least to drag it out to the utmost extent. Whereas, the judges would be impressively proactive in getting to see that the assistance and facilities provided under the law for disabled persons get implemented when brought to their notice. #disability #ministryofsocialjustice #government #disabilities #court #judge #law #judiciary

A new strategic vision to advance, protect and promote the rights of child human rights defenders. This initiative seeks to create a world where all CHRD, regardless of their gender, sexual orientation and gender identity, socio-economic status, disability, race, political opinion, and any other characteristics, are recognized, safe, supported, and empowered to: 1. take part in decisions that affect them and can keep making a positive difference in the world; 2. fully exercise their rights (that is: when people speak up, act, or make choices to show and use the freedoms and rights they have, like the right to learn, the right to be safe, or the right to share their ideas); 3. call on NGOs and governments to be accountable. Find out how you can show your support. https://lnkd.in/gd8sM6CE @childrights @humanrights

At a time when #Barrister #pupils are preparing to commence #pupillage - remember to apply your knowledge and skills in an the area of law you are passionate about - this will provide the springboard for your motivation and drive to bring about change in the law -at a local, national, and even global level. TODAY 12 September 2024 (Geneva) - my first pupil Stephanie Motz from 2009, now a highly successful human rights lawyer in Switzerland spoke at the #UnitedNations #CommitteeOnTheRightsoftheChild on the 10th Anniversary of the Optional Protocol on Individual Communications - her powerful speech (from 45 mins 45 secs (see video link in original post). Stephanie addressed important progress in the Committee’s work in two recent cases involving children in Switzerland - KS and MS v Switzerland (asylum-seeking child with disabilities) and AM v Switzerland (child-sensitive age assessments with reparations for the child). Nevertheless , drawing from three different cases in her own practice in recent or current petitions before the Committee, Stephanie highlighted there are important gaps in children’s rights, concluding: “While there have been great achievements made thanks to the Committee’s decisions …. there still remains a lot of work to be done, and Swiss children are looking to the Committee for many future decisions, and many years to come.” The underlying elequonce, calmness, and her passion for the law, all elements clearly there in her speech, were all there when she commenced her pupillage. #CRC #childrensrights #humanrights #socialjusticelawyers

On #UniversalChildrenDay2024, My article published in TheNewsonSunday : https://lnkd.in/dv6g9SX3 Focusing on #childrights & #juvenilejustice. Let's amplify the voices of our children & ensure their rights are protected! #ChildRightsMatter #JuvenileJusticeReform"