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Stop coercion in mental health! #WithdrawOviedo
The draft Additional Protocol to the #OviedoConvention violates human rights by allowing for the continued use of involuntary treatment and placement in psychiatry, which increases coercion, and is prohibited under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (#CRPD #UNCRPD).
Join the #EuropeanDisabilityForum's campaign opposing the draft Additional Protocol and urge the #CouncilOfEurope to withdraw it!
https://www.edf-feph.org/stopping-coercion-in-mental-health/
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Stop coercion in mental health! #WithdrawOviedo
The draft Additional Protocol to the #OviedoConvention violates human rights by allowing for the continued use of involuntary treatment and placement in psychiatry, which increases coercion, and is prohibited under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (#CRPD #UNCRPD).
Join the #EuropeanDisabilityForum's campaign opposing the draft Additional Protocol and urge the #CouncilOfEurope to withdraw it!
https://www.edf-feph.org/stopping-coercion-in-mental-health/
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Stop coercion in mental health! #WithdrawOviedo
The draft Additional Protocol to the #OviedoConvention violates human rights by allowing for the continued use of involuntary treatment and placement in psychiatry, which increases coercion, and is prohibited under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (#CRPD #UNCRPD).
Join the #EuropeanDisabilityForum's campaign opposing the draft Additional Protocol and urge the #CouncilOfEurope to withdraw it!
https://www.edf-feph.org/stopping-coercion-in-mental-health/
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Stop coercion in mental health! #WithdrawOviedo
The draft Additional Protocol to the #OviedoConvention violates human rights by allowing for the continued use of involuntary treatment and placement in psychiatry, which increases coercion, and is prohibited under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (#CRPD #UNCRPD).
Join the #EuropeanDisabilityForum's campaign opposing the draft Additional Protocol and urge the #CouncilOfEurope to withdraw it!
https://www.edf-feph.org/stopping-coercion-in-mental-health/
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Stop coercion in mental health! #WithdrawOviedo
The draft Additional Protocol to the #OviedoConvention violates human rights by allowing for the continued use of involuntary treatment and placement in psychiatry, which increases coercion, and is prohibited under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (#CRPD #UNCRPD).
Join the #EuropeanDisabilityForum's campaign opposing the draft Additional Protocol and urge the #CouncilOfEurope to withdraw it!
https://www.edf-feph.org/stopping-coercion-in-mental-health/
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Examen du #Samoa au #CRPD : l’existence d’un cadre national de promotion des droits des personnes handicapées est saluée, mais des défis subsistent concernant notamment l’accessibilité et la stigmatisation persistante à l’encontre de ces personnes
📎 https://ungeneva.org/fr/news-media/meeting-summary/2026/03/examen-du-samoa-au-crpd-lexistence-dun-cadre-national-de -
Consistent with its mission of protecting and enhancing open space, tonight the Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency voted to acquire a half-acre parcel along S. Ventu Park Road. The parcel joins a large amount of existing open space in the surrounding area, shown in green on the map.
I'm also grateful to the COSCA board for electing me as chair for the coming year, and electing Dorothy Sullivan as vice chair.
Taking care of our beloved open space is one of the most important things we do. Here's to continued good stewardship in the year ahead!
#cosca #openspace #venturacounty #conejovalley #crpd #thousandoaks #tocc
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Consistent with its mission of protecting and enhancing open space, tonight the Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency voted to acquire a half-acre parcel along S. Ventu Park Road. The parcel joins a large amount of existing open space in the surrounding area, shown in green on the map.
I'm also grateful to the COSCA board for electing me as chair for the coming year, and electing Dorothy Sullivan as vice chair.
Taking care of our beloved open space is one of the most important things we do. Here's to continued good stewardship in the year ahead!
#cosca #openspace #venturacounty #conejovalley #crpd #thousandoaks #tocc
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Consistent with its mission of protecting and enhancing open space, tonight the Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency voted to acquire a half-acre parcel along S. Ventu Park Road. The parcel joins a large amount of existing open space in the surrounding area, shown in green on the map.
I'm also grateful to the COSCA board for electing me as chair for the coming year, and electing Dorothy Sullivan as vice chair.
Taking care of our beloved open space is one of the most important things we do. Here's to continued good stewardship in the year ahead!
#cosca #openspace #venturacounty #conejovalley #crpd #thousandoaks #tocc
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Consistent with its mission of protecting and enhancing open space, tonight the Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency voted to acquire a half-acre parcel along S. Ventu Park Road. The parcel joins a large amount of existing open space in the surrounding area, shown in green on the map.
I'm also grateful to the COSCA board for electing me as chair for the coming year, and electing Dorothy Sullivan as vice chair.
Taking care of our beloved open space is one of the most important things we do. Here's to continued good stewardship in the year ahead!
#cosca #openspace #venturacounty #conejovalley #crpd #thousandoaks #tocc
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Consistent with its mission of protecting and enhancing open space, tonight the Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency voted to acquire a half-acre parcel along S. Ventu Park Road. The parcel joins a large amount of existing open space in the surrounding area, shown in green on the map.
I'm also grateful to the COSCA board for electing me as chair for the coming year, and electing Dorothy Sullivan as vice chair.
Taking care of our beloved open space is one of the most important things we do. Here's to continued good stewardship in the year ahead!
#cosca #openspace #venturacounty #conejovalley #crpd #thousandoaks #tocc
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Tonight the @conejoopenspace board voted 5-0 to remove 23 Mexican fan palms from open space west of Lynn between Arboles and Flores, near Shenandoah.
VCFD recommended the removals because these trees contain highly flammable dead fronds and can send burning embers flying.
COSCA is seeking funding for the eventual removal of all Mexican fan palms and arundo grass, both non-native species, from the roughly 12,700 acres of open space it manages.
#WildfirePrevention #openspace #cosca #crpd #ThousandOaks #tocc
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Tonight the @conejoopenspace board voted 5-0 to remove 23 Mexican fan palms from open space west of Lynn between Arboles and Flores, near Shenandoah.
VCFD recommended the removals because these trees contain highly flammable dead fronds and can send burning embers flying.
COSCA is seeking funding for the eventual removal of all Mexican fan palms and arundo grass, both non-native species, from the roughly 12,700 acres of open space it manages.
#WildfirePrevention #openspace #cosca #crpd #ThousandOaks #tocc
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Tonight the @conejoopenspace board voted 5-0 to remove 23 Mexican fan palms from open space west of Lynn between Arboles and Flores, near Shenandoah.
VCFD recommended the removals because these trees contain highly flammable dead fronds and can send burning embers flying.
COSCA is seeking funding for the eventual removal of all Mexican fan palms and arundo grass, both non-native species, from the roughly 12,700 acres of open space it manages.
#WildfirePrevention #openspace #cosca #crpd #ThousandOaks #tocc
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Tonight the @conejoopenspace board voted 5-0 to remove 23 Mexican fan palms from open space west of Lynn between Arboles and Flores, near Shenandoah.
VCFD recommended the removals because these trees contain highly flammable dead fronds and can send burning embers flying.
COSCA is seeking funding for the eventual removal of all Mexican fan palms and arundo grass, both non-native species, from the roughly 12,700 acres of open space it manages.
#WildfirePrevention #openspace #cosca #crpd #ThousandOaks #tocc
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Tonight the @conejoopenspace board voted 5-0 to remove 23 Mexican fan palms from open space west of Lynn between Arboles and Flores, near Shenandoah.
VCFD recommended the removals because these trees contain highly flammable dead fronds and can send burning embers flying.
COSCA is seeking funding for the eventual removal of all Mexican fan palms and arundo grass, both non-native species, from the roughly 12,700 acres of open space it manages.
#WildfirePrevention #openspace #cosca #crpd #ThousandOaks #tocc
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/538211/ Why India Is Falling Behind Global Mental Health Standards #CommunityMentalHealth #CommunityBasedCare #CRPD #DisabilityRights #GlobalHealthStandards #Health #HealthcareFunding #MentalHealth #MentalHealthAdvocacy #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealthLaw #MentalHealthPolicy #MentalHealthReform #MentalHealthcareAct2017 #MHCA2017 #Psychiatry #stigma #SuicidePrevention #UK #UnitedKingdom #Who #WorldMentalHealthDay
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/153804/ Why India Is Falling Behind Global Mental Health Standards #CommunityMentalHealth #CommunityBasedCare #CRPD #DisabilityRights #Éire #GlobalHealthStandards #Health #HealthcareFunding #IE #Ireland #MentalHealth #MentalHealthAdvocacy #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealthLaw #MentalHealthPolicy #MentalHealthReform #MentalHealthcareAct2017 #MentalHealth #MHCA2017 #Psychiatry #Stigma #SuicidePrevention #who #WorldMentalHealthDay
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...mindestens 21.000 Kinder zu #Behinderten worden.
Der #UN-Ausschuss für die Rechte von Menschen mit #Behinderungen (#CRPD) berichtete am Mittwoch, dass etwa 40.500 Kinder während des Krieges neue kriegsbedingte Verletzungen erlitten haben, von denen mehr als die Hälfte zu Behinderten wurden.
"Die erschreckenden neuen UN-Daten machen schmerzlich deutlich, was wir täglich sehen: Die #israelische Regierung verstümmelt und.. .
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Le taux de handicap en #Palestine a augmenté en raison de l'usage délibéré de la force par les forces d'occupation israéliennes, affirme l’Observateur permanent de l’État de Palestine devant le Comité des droits des personnes handicapées #CRPD.
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With National Park and Recreation Month coming up in July, it's a perfect time to hear the annual report from our friends and partners at the Conejo Recreation and Park District. From classes to concerts, from swimming to STEM, there are all sorts of CRPD programs for residents of all ages. Parks really do make life better.
Fun fact: Did you know the city and CRPD jointly operate the Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency, which manages the ring of green that surrounds the city?
#parksmakelifebetter #crpd #parks #recreation #openspace #cosca #conejovalley #thousandoaks #tocc
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With National Park and Recreation Month coming up in July, it's a perfect time to hear the annual report from our friends and partners at the Conejo Recreation and Park District. From classes to concerts, from swimming to STEM, there are all sorts of CRPD programs for residents of all ages. Parks really do make life better.
Fun fact: Did you know the city and CRPD jointly operate the Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency, which manages the ring of green that surrounds the city?
#parksmakelifebetter #crpd #parks #recreation #openspace #cosca #conejovalley #thousandoaks #tocc
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With National Park and Recreation Month coming up in July, it's a perfect time to hear the annual report from our friends and partners at the Conejo Recreation and Park District. From classes to concerts, from swimming to STEM, there are all sorts of CRPD programs for residents of all ages. Parks really do make life better.
Fun fact: Did you know the city and CRPD jointly operate the Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency, which manages the ring of green that surrounds the city?
#parksmakelifebetter #crpd #parks #recreation #openspace #cosca #conejovalley #thousandoaks #tocc
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With National Park and Recreation Month coming up in July, it's a perfect time to hear the annual report from our friends and partners at the Conejo Recreation and Park District. From classes to concerts, from swimming to STEM, there are all sorts of CRPD programs for residents of all ages. Parks really do make life better.
Fun fact: Did you know the city and CRPD jointly operate the Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency, which manages the ring of green that surrounds the city?
#parksmakelifebetter #crpd #parks #recreation #openspace #cosca #conejovalley #thousandoaks #tocc
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With National Park and Recreation Month coming up in July, it's a perfect time to hear the annual report from our friends and partners at the Conejo Recreation and Park District. From classes to concerts, from swimming to STEM, there are all sorts of CRPD programs for residents of all ages. Parks really do make life better.
Fun fact: Did you know the city and CRPD jointly operate the Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency, which manages the ring of green that surrounds the city?
#parksmakelifebetter #crpd #parks #recreation #openspace #cosca #conejovalley #thousandoaks #tocc
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Thousands turned out today for Conejo Recreation and Park District’s free summer concert at Conejo Community Park. This one featured DSB, a Journey tribute band. Next up is a Bruce Springsteen tribute on the Fourth of July, with three more summer concerts to follow. And our friends at Thousand Oaks Arts have eight events in June alone!
Grateful thanks to CRPD, our partner agency, for staging the concert series. The City of Thousand Oaks - Local Government proudly served as headline sponsor for today’s event.
#thousandoaks #summerconcertseries #conejovalley #crpd #journey #dsb #nosopranosjokes
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Thousands turned out today for Conejo Recreation and Park District’s free summer concert at Conejo Community Park. This one featured DSB, a Journey tribute band. Next up is a Bruce Springsteen tribute on the Fourth of July, with three more summer concerts to follow. And our friends at Thousand Oaks Arts have eight events in June alone!
Grateful thanks to CRPD, our partner agency, for staging the concert series. The City of Thousand Oaks - Local Government proudly served as headline sponsor for today’s event.
#thousandoaks #summerconcertseries #conejovalley #crpd #journey #dsb #nosopranosjokes
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Thousands turned out today for Conejo Recreation and Park District’s free summer concert at Conejo Community Park. This one featured DSB, a Journey tribute band. Next up is a Bruce Springsteen tribute on the Fourth of July, with three more summer concerts to follow. And our friends at Thousand Oaks Arts have eight events in June alone!
Grateful thanks to CRPD, our partner agency, for staging the concert series. The City of Thousand Oaks - Local Government proudly served as headline sponsor for today’s event.
#thousandoaks #summerconcertseries #conejovalley #crpd #journey #dsb #nosopranosjokes
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Thousands turned out today for Conejo Recreation and Park District’s free summer concert at Conejo Community Park. This one featured DSB, a Journey tribute band. Next up is a Bruce Springsteen tribute on the Fourth of July, with three more summer concerts to follow. And our friends at Thousand Oaks Arts have eight events in June alone!
Grateful thanks to CRPD, our partner agency, for staging the concert series. The City of Thousand Oaks - Local Government proudly served as headline sponsor for today’s event.
#thousandoaks #summerconcertseries #conejovalley #crpd #journey #dsb #nosopranosjokes
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Thousands turned out today for Conejo Recreation and Park District’s free summer concert at Conejo Community Park. This one featured DSB, a Journey tribute band. Next up is a Bruce Springsteen tribute on the Fourth of July, with three more summer concerts to follow. And our friends at Thousand Oaks Arts have eight events in June alone!
Grateful thanks to CRPD, our partner agency, for staging the concert series. The City of Thousand Oaks - Local Government proudly served as headline sponsor for today’s event.
#thousandoaks #summerconcertseries #conejovalley #crpd #journey #dsb #nosopranosjokes
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Wildfire prevention and preparedness is always top of mind, never more so than now.
Here’s an overview of ongoing efforts by COSCA, the joint powers agency between the city and CRPD, to protect open space and educate residents on risk reduction. We’re also working with other agencies, from the federal to the county level, on additional preparedness and resiliency measures.
#wildfires #wildfirepreparedness #wildfireprevention #thousandoaks #conejovalley #cosca #crpd #tocc
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Wildfire prevention and preparedness is always top of mind, never more so than now.
Here’s an overview of ongoing efforts by COSCA, the joint powers agency between the city and CRPD, to protect open space and educate residents on risk reduction. We’re also working with other agencies, from the federal to the county level, on additional preparedness and resiliency measures.
#wildfires #wildfirepreparedness #wildfireprevention #thousandoaks #conejovalley #cosca #crpd #tocc
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Wildfire prevention and preparedness is always top of mind, never more so than now.
Here’s an overview of ongoing efforts by COSCA, the joint powers agency between the city and CRPD, to protect open space and educate residents on risk reduction. We’re also working with other agencies, from the federal to the county level, on additional preparedness and resiliency measures.
#wildfires #wildfirepreparedness #wildfireprevention #thousandoaks #conejovalley #cosca #crpd #tocc
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Wildfire prevention and preparedness is always top of mind, never more so than now.
Here’s an overview of ongoing efforts by COSCA, the joint powers agency between the city and CRPD, to protect open space and educate residents on risk reduction. We’re also working with other agencies, from the federal to the county level, on additional preparedness and resiliency measures.
#wildfires #wildfirepreparedness #wildfireprevention #thousandoaks #conejovalley #cosca #crpd #tocc
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Wildfire prevention and preparedness is always top of mind, never more so than now.
Here’s an overview of ongoing efforts by COSCA, the joint powers agency between the city and CRPD, to protect open space and educate residents on risk reduction. We’re also working with other agencies, from the federal to the county level, on additional preparedness and resiliency measures.
#wildfires #wildfirepreparedness #wildfireprevention #thousandoaks #conejovalley #cosca #crpd #tocc
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Happy 50th anniversary to the Buckles & Bows Square Dance Club of Thousand Oaks! The club celebrated 50 years tonight at the Goebel Center with laughter, food, and lots of great dancers. Here’s to 50 more! Join the club or learn more at bucklesandbows.org.
#squaredance #community #thousandoaks #ConejoValley #crpd #tocc
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Heike Heubach ist #gehörlos und hat ihren Platz gefunden – als erste gehörlose Abgeordnete im #Bundestag seit seiner Gründung vor 75 Jahren.
Es ist erschreckend, wie schlecht weiterhin #Inklusion in Deutschland trotz unserer Verpflichtung gegenüber der Weltgemeinschaft funktioniert. Hier gibt es immerhin ein ermutigendes Beispiel. Ich habe große Hochachtung vor dieser Leistung. #CRPD #BRK
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Like rettigheter for funksjonshemmede som funksjonsfriske!
Da Støre ble Statsminister for snart fire år siden, ble det lovet at CRPD aka like menneskerettigheter for funksjonshemmede som alle andre, skulle inn i norsk lov. Det har ikke skjedd. Signer oppropet plz
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Massive Benachteiligung von #MmB ist Alltag in Deutschland!
Das „Übereinkommen über die Rechte von Menschen mit Behinderungen“ (Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – #CRPD) ist ein #Menschenrechtsübereinkommen der Vereinten Nationen, das am 13. Dezember 2006 von der Generalversammlung der Vereinten Nationen beschlossen wurde und am 3. Mai 2008 in Kraft getreten ist.
Die #UN_Behindertenrechtskonvention ist am 22. Januar 2011 für die EU in Kraft getreten,
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Tweet: Rosemary Kayess @RosemaryKayess
I’m quite partial to an occasional Margarita and I have been known to swear ☺️… a punchy post for Down’s Syndrome Day
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Tweet: Rosemary Kayess@RosemaryKayess
The expected enrolment is estimated on the proportion of the population with disability,adjusted for age profile and profound disability, which is assumed to preclude participation in higher education. Have we just assumed away the next Stephen Hawkings? #inclusiveEducation #crpd -
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Last week the Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency (COSCA) board honored longtime chair Rorie Skei, third from left, and voted to nominate Dorothy Sullivan, next to Skei, as the board’s next citizen representative. This week the City Council unanimously approved Dorothy’s nomination. Both women are giants in local open-space usage and conservation.
Thank you Rorei, and welcome Dorothy!
📷: Brian Stark, COSCA administrator
#cosca #openspace #thousandoaks #conejovalley #santamonicamountains #smmc #crpd #tocc
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I honestly thought the UN CRPD – United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities* – was a dead certainty for incorporation into UK law
After all, the UK ratified the treaty in July 2009, under the last (New) Labour government, so it’s been a long time coming
But it seems that the enfeebled Labour opposition under Keir Starmer really don’t want to do anything the Tories wouldn’t do: https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/labour-admits-dropping-disability-rights-pledge-from-policy-plan/
At least the Scottish Government have long made it clear that they intend to incorporate the CRPD north of the border (well, at least as far as devolved powers permit**): https://www.gov.scot/policies/disabled-people/uncrpd/
*Or in the UK, disabled people (social model)
**Not that those count for much any more, after Westminster has shown willingness to use the ‘nuclear’ Section 35 option to overrule the Scottish democratic process
#UNCRPD #CRPD #UnitedNations #ConventionOnTheRightsOfPersonsWithDisabilities #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs
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In unserem Eingangsstatement anlässlich der #Staatenprüfung zur Umsetzung der #UNBRK nannten wir vier Bereiche, in denen in 🇩🇪 Nachholbedarf besteht:
➡️ Inklusive Bildung
➡️ Selbstbestimmung
➡️ Barrierefreiheit bei privaten Akteuren
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Morgen und übermorgen kriegt Deutschland erneut einen auf den Deckel: Die #Staatenprüfung zur #Behindertenrechtskonvention durch die Vereinten Nationen steht an, und man wird mit Sicherheit wieder feststellen, dass Deutschland einfach keinen Bock auf #Inklusion hat.
Warum Inklusion in Deutschland - insbesondere an Schulen - seit Jahren aktiv verhindert wird und von wem, zeigt dieser Übersichtsartikel:
https://deutsches-schulportal.de/schulkultur/inklusion-in-der-schule-wie-gelingt-die-umsetzung/
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Summary of "Metaeugenics and Metaresistance: From Manufacturing the ‘Includeable Body’ to Walking Away from the Broom Closet
I will start this summary by explaining the title. I usually skip that part. This time I am going to explain the title because the title is so long, and so annoying. In "Academia" (which is just a fancy way to say college), there is a joke about how professors choose titles for their papers. It's not a specific joke. But everyone likes to make fun of titles that go like this "short catchy title": "long title with complicated meaning". I choose this kind of title a lot, because I think it's fun. I don't take myself too seriously.
The first part of this title is "Metaeugenics and Metaresistance". Something-ics is a kind of science, or a way of thinking, like economics, or politics. Eugenics is a way of thinking that says there are good bodies and bad bodies, and that human beings have a moral duty to keep their bodies "good" and to only have children with "good" bodies. Eugenics also says that governments are responsible for making sure their citizens are only people with "good" bodies. Eugenic science was overtly racist and ableist.
Most people believe that eugenics is over. They believe it was a bad science that happened in the past, and that we don't believe in it anymore. The problem with believing eugenics is over is that it makes it hard for you to notice when it is still happening. When more black and Indigenous people die from a virus, some people understand that this is because of racism in medicine. But when more disabled people die, we think it is because their bodies are weaker - That they do not have "good" bodies. The truth is that disabled people are dying more not /just/ because they are vulnerable but also because we made public choices that endanger their lives.
We made these choices because we still believe in good bodies and bad bodies. We still believe that it is everyone's moral duty to make their body as strong as possible. We still believe that some people deserve to die because of the body they are in. This is metaeugenics.
For something to be meta- is for it to exist without being said or written out loud. It is important to be clear that when we say disabled people, we do not mean just white disabled people. Understanding metaeugenics helps us to understand why we are okay with so many disabled people dying. It also helps us to understand that black and Indigenous people are not just vulnerable to racism, but to ableism also, even when they are not disabled in ways that are obvious to us. Because we do not care about disabled people, we allowed black and Indigenous people to be put at greater risk from racism in public health. Metaeugenics can help us understand how racism and ableism work together.
Resistance means to work against something. In this paper I want us to think about the ways we can work against metaeugenics by paying attention to metaresistance. To notice metaresistance, you have to think differently about what you are seeing when you see people resisting something. You have to notice both what someone is directly working against, and also notice how that resistence “speaks” or does resistance against other things that are not clear - like metaeugenics. I will give some examples later.
The next part of the title is “manufacturing the includable body”.
The “includable body” is something disability scholars write about. When we talk about inclusion, we usually mean that society should be open and accessible to everyone, no matter their disability. But when we “do” inclusion, schools and workplaces usually set some rules about what a person must do or be or look like in order to be included. Some scholars that write about this are Tania Titchkosky, Sara María Acevedo, Joe Stramondo, Eunjung Kim, and Anne McGuire. When a disabled child has to “earn” their place in the mainstream classroom by graduating from certain therapies, this means they have been made “includable”.
This is one way we uphold metaeugenics. We make disabled people work to make their bodies “includable” in therapies before we will accommodate them in “mainstream” spaces. Disabled people are morally obligated to make their bodies as “good” as possible, and if they don’t, they are called “non compliant”.
If you know anything about inclusion, you might be a little confused. Inclusion is a right! In the United States, we have the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act which means disabled people have the right to accommodations to access public life, work, and school. Unfortunately, rights and laws do not work without people doing the right thing. Even if you have the "right" to be included, who decides what counts as inclusion?
The problem with rights is that someone else is always in charge of deciding what "counts".
The United Nations has the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CRPD) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). In my paper, I try to explain that when you put these documents together, they show a global metaeugenic attitude toward disability. The CRPD says that disability must be recognized as a natural part of human diversity, but that adult decision makers have the authority to determine the "best interests" of a disabled child. In the CRC, adults are responsible for considering the "best interests of the Child" and children are guaranteed the right to "develop healthily". What does this mean when the child is born into a body that the world declares is "unhealthy" or "disordered"? Basically, a disabled child has the right to be "fixed". Our rights comand us to manufacture an includable body for any person whose body is not "normal".
The final part of this paper's title is "Walking away from the broom closet". Ursula K. le Guin was a famous science fiction author. She wrote a book called "The Ones who Walk away from Omelas". In this book, Omelas was a Utopic society. A utopia is a place where everyone is happy and cared for. In the story, people find out that Omelas's happiness is only possible because there is a child, locked in a broom closet, who takes on all the suffering so that everyone else can be happy.
I think that in the real world, we have lots of broom closets where we make people suffer so that we can have our happy idea of normal. I think prisons are an example of broom closets. I also think that for many disabled children, the "intensive interventions" we force them to do in their "best interests" are a kind of broom closet. They suffer so that we can have our happy idea of a future without disability.
Attitudes toward children can tell us about attitudes toward the future. If we want to ensure our children do not have to be disabled, then we must also want a future where there are no disabled people. The disabled community is large and diverse. There are some conditions which are painful and some people want treatments that help them feel at peace in their own bodies. But that doesn't mean that you can eliminate disability. Disability is a natural part of human life. The society that wants to eliminate disability can only hope to eliminate itself.
I will end this summary with some stories.
On August 2, 2018, NBC News’ Health website published an article praising Google Glass
and researchers at Stanford University for the creation of a wearable app that may improve eye
contact for children with autism (Scher, 2018).
In preschool, [he] struggled socially with other kids. One hit him in the
face with a rubber mallet and another in the shoulder with a metal shovel.
“He didn’t see it coming,” [she] told NBC News. “When you don’t look
kids in the face, you can’t see their reactions or know what to expect.”
When he was 5, he was diagnosed with autism.
[N]ow 9, [he] started working one on one with a therapist using applied
behavioral analysis, a technique to improve social behavior, but [his
mother] saw little progress.
“Nothing really changed,” she said. “Until Google Glass.”This child was assaulted by his peers. Because he was disabled, the solution was to put him in therapy. To use technology to change his behavior. To put him in a broom closet. So that other people could be happy.
In another project, researchers made a smart watch that would buzz to notify a child that they were behaving inappropriately. In this example, even "hand flapping" was considered inappropriate. At one point, "Child 5" was buzzed. He looked up and noticed that his teacher was too far away to stop him, and he continued flapping his hands. This child is my patron saint of noncompliance. His microresistance, written down in a scientific paper, is a testimony for all to see that the researchers are focusing on the wrong idea.
There are other examples, like the children who run away from robots designed to teach them social skills, or the children who scream at their therapists.
If we pay attention to where our participants are resisting our research, we can learn to recognize these broom closets, unlock the doors, and take these children out of Omelas forever.
https://ojs.library.carleton.ca/index.php/cjcr/article/view/1976
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#SciComm #ScholarComm #STS #CDS #HCI #DisabilityStudies #HumanComputerInteraction #HumanRights #ChildrensRights #CRPD #CRC #Metaeugenics #Metaresistance #Eugenics #Omelas #UrsulaKLeGuin #Autism #Disability #DisabilityJustice #TechJustice #Technoableism #ColiberationLab -
Listen to an interview with Karen Muriuki, an autistic activist from Kenya, and one of the founding members of the Autism in Africa initiative.
Karen is a Bridge-CRPD Fellow, and teaches people about the UN Convention on the Rights of People With Disabilities (#CRPD).
Here she talks about her advocacy journey and personal convictions on #DisabilityRights.
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It's International Day of Persons with Disabilities today (although many of us would prefer 'disabled people').
Autism is widely considered a disability, meaning that autistic people have a right to freedom from discrimination, and for 'reasonable adjustments' to be made.
Not all autistic people think of ourselves as disabled, but the #neurodiversity movement & the overlapping movement for autistic rights are best understood as part of the wider movement for human rights for disabled people.
AMASE is a Disabled People's Organisation (DPO), specifically an Autistic People's Organisation.
A DPO is a representative organisation run by, and for, disabled people. The UN #CRPD mandates a special role for DPOs: states must actively involve persons with disabilities, including children with disabilities, through our representative organizations.
#IDPwD #disability #actuallyAutistic #humanRights #EDI
https://amase.org.uk/apos/
