e-Include newsletter

July 2011

Overview 2011
Dear friends of Inclusion Europe, Spain will soon be under the lens of the UNCRPD Committee. The state Spanish report on disability will be examined by the UN advisory body in September, together with an alternative report submitted by the Spanish Committee of Representatives of People with Disabilities (CERMI). Shadow reports are a positive method to present alternative information when monitoring disability at a national level and contribute to broaden the Committees vision. One of the rights guaranteed by the CRPD is Inclusive education, but inclusive schools are far from being the norm. However, there are many good examples and available information on social media, according to a recent research by Inclusion Europe. Using social networks has become a useful way to share practical information, explore alternatives and raise awareness on many specific issues. Studying in inclusive schools is one of the rights that many children with intellectual disabilities are denied, but is not the only one. Childrens Rights for All final conference will tackle this issue by showing the results of a comprehensive transnational research on the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child with a focus on children with intellectual disabilities. Registration for the event is already available and more information about the conference is provided in one of the articles below. For further updates, you can consult our e-journal. Best wishes, Information team Inclusion Europe

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Highlights
Spanish State Report on Disability to be examined in September
The 6th session of the UNCRPD Committee will take place in Geneva from 19 to 23 September. During the meeting, the Committee will examine the Spanish state report on disability published in May 2010 and monitoring the implementation of the UNCRPD in this country. The same month, CERMI, an umbrella organisation promoting the rights of people with disabilities in Spain, released an alternative report which is also going to be examined by the Committee next September. The UN advisory body will then make such suggestions and general recommendations on the state report as it may consider appropriate. Continue reading

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Inclusive Education in Social Media

Inclusion Europe has recently conducted a research on inclusive education in social media and identified many interesting pages on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. To further promote inclusive education, we have decided to share the results of our research. You will find in this article a selection of pages dedicated to inclusive education, together with a short description of their contents. Continue reading

Document ary on the Children's Rights for All: registration open abilities of women Registration for the Childrens Rights for All conference is already available on this link. The event will bring the opport with particularly vulnerable situation of children with intellectual disabilities, to monitor the implementation of their rights and ta intellectua achieve significant results. l disabilities During two days, participants will explore the legal framework underpinning the safeguarding of children with intellectual implementation of these laws. They will also tackle sensitive issues such as abuse of or violence against these children, adequate attention to their specific needs and better inclusion in the community by promoting quality healthcare, deinstitu services or inclusive education. Continue reading

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