By Silvana Veinberg | Executive Director
We created the Argentine Sign Language(LSA) video of the children's version for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
CANALES, together with DISCAR Foundation, ANDAR and CARE - Technology for all have been gathered by ASHOKA to work on the written version for children of this International Convention. The idea has been proposed by UNICEF, with the aim of spreading the rights of people with disabilities among children and youngsters.
The text of the Convention was restated and presented in a simple way, with illustrations and exemplified in the Argentine context. This same adaptation was narrated in LSA by members of the deaf community so that deaf children and adolescents, can also access the knowledge of their rights.
This new public and free material was presented during the 42nd Buenos Aires International Book Fair. During the presentation, representatives of associations agreed on the satisfaction and pride that produced the realization of this material. "For us it is very important because we need the Convention accessible in our language, LSA. We formed a team to read and adaptthe text into sign. We worked hardly because we have a strong commitment: deaf children and adolescents have to know their rights to be able to defend themselves" said Lucia, one of the young protagonists of the video, and she added " it is a very important document because we are included there; our language is included and we found it interesting that was the LSA version was possible thanks to the use of technology ".
The main targets of this video are the children, boys and girls. This is why they have been included in the video. Zoe, a 10 year old deaf girl, who introduced each of the articles of the Convention, took the stage on the day of the presentation to tell his experience: "I am very happy and glad that all children can be part of this type of activities. A second girl – Irene - who put the voiceover to Zoe’s intervention in the video, said: "I really enjoyed participating in this project because I feel that children should have rights like everyone. Besides, they have many things to say. This is one way for them to know what their rights are. "
The originality of "The Rights for You and Me" is that in the elaboration process participated several organizations with different perspectives, children and young people with and without disabilities were consulted and their opinions were taken into account.
In order to respect the rights of persons with disabilities on an equal basis with all people, it is necessary to assume that everyone in society has the task of breaking down the barriers that prevent access to rights. Today’s children are the men and women of tomorrow. They have now a tool that will help them change the old paradigms that historically excluded people with disabilities from societies.
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