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Making our rights work for us Accessible information and human rights

Making our rights work for us Accessible information and human rights. Robyn Hunt AccEase. What we’ll cover. Background Access to information as a human right What does the CRPD say about access to information? Practical application and opportunities. 5%.

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Making our rights work for us Accessible information and human rights

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  1. Making our rights work for usAccessible information and human rights Robyn Hunt AccEase

  2. What we’ll cover • Background • Access to information as a human right • What does the CRPD say about access to information? • Practical application and opportunities

  3. 5% Only 5% of print informationis ever translated into alternative formats

  4. Impact of the CRPD • A sea change in the way disabled people and their issues and rights can be understood. • Exciting opportunities for fundamental and far-reaching changesto the lives of disabled people.

  5. The CRPD perspective • The CRPD takes a broad and inclusive view of disability, acknowledging the complexity of the relationship between a person’s impairment and the surrounding disabling social and physical environment. • It sees disability as: • an evolving concept • allows for change and development.

  6. The CRPD and access to information • Article 9 Accessibility • Article 21 freedom of expression and opinion and access to information • CRPD http://www.un.org/disabilities/default.asp?navid=13&pid=150

  7. Example of what has happened • Passage of the Sign Language Act • New Zealand Sign Language becomes a national language • Result • increased confidence • Deaf people pursued access to captioned movies in cinemas, an example of private sector attention to human rights

  8. More examples of what has happened • Rights and responsibilities as citizens • Elections New Zealand • right to vote in parliamentary elections, (Article 29 participation in political and public life.) • New Zealand’s recent natural disasters Christchurch • Sign language guy (Article 11)

  9. More examples of what has happened • After working with disabled people the Bankers Association produced guidelines for services to their older and disabled customers, including accessible information. • Increasing provision of audio-described theatre productions following work by the ABC

  10. Learn about the CRPD and human rights. www.odi.govt.nzwww.hrc.co.nz Help people to complain constructively and strategically, and as groups www.hdc.org.nzwww.bit.ly/ssZujt Join your disabled people’s organisation or other advocacy group to advocate in your community for accessible information . Engage with the wider disability community, especially those who are print-disabled, to think and act strategically about priorities Create a business case for the private sector in your community. Acknowledge and celebrate best practice, progress and successful outcomes. Give credit where credit is due. Check: is your own information accessible? What can we do?

  11. Questions - Discussion Robyn Hunt AccEase Ltd Ph: 64 4 939 0445Mob: 027 449 3019 Web: www.AccEase.com Blog: www.lowvisionary.com

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