Children with disabilities
Despite international attention and condemnation of discrimination against people with disabilities, including the adoption of the UN Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities, discrimination against children with disabilities continues across the world. The underlying attitude of the community towards disability is acerbated during an emergency. An emergency can often directly or indirectly increase the number of children with disabilities or acerbate their problems.
This module does not attempt to address all areas that affect children with disabilities in depth but aims to support the development of skills and knowledge in relation to emergency aspects, and to provide information and links for facilitators and trainers who require more detailed resources and guidance.
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slides (PowerPoint)
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| Topic | 1 | The issue for children | ||
| Exercise | 1 | The importance of language | | |
| Exercise | 2 | Challenging stereotypes | | |
| Handout | 1 | Language commonly used to describe disability | | |
| Handout | 2 | Myths and stereotypes about people with disabilities | | |
| Topic | 2 | The law and child rights | ||
| Exercise | 1 | Understanding needs and rights | | |
| Exercise | 2 | Rights and responsibilities | | |
| Exercise | 3 | Human rights and disability | | |
| Handout | 1 | A framework of children's needs | | |
| Handout | 2 | The CRC | | |
| Handout | 3 | Case study | | |
| Handout | 4 | A child rights ecology | | |
| Handout | 5 | The relationship between the CRC and the Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities (CRPD) | | |
| Topic | 3 | Assessment and situation analysis | ||
| Exercise | 1 | Nothing about us without us | | |
| Exercise | 2 | Understanding the barriers | | |
| Handout | 1 | Rapid response assessments in camps | | |
| Handout | 2 | Basic accessibility issues in camps | | |
| Handout | 3 | Data collection, identification and registration | | |
| Topic | 4 | Planning and implementation | ||
| Exercise | 1 | Addressing the challenges for a child with a disability in conflict situations | | |
| Exercise | 2 | Inclusive education | | |
| Exercise | 3 | Strategies to protect children with disabilities in emergencies | | |
| Handout | 1 | Case studies | | |
| Handout | 2 | Case study, and CRC and CRPD articles | | |
| Handout | 3 | Duty bearer analysis of school environments for children with disabiliities | | |
| Handout | 4 | Some tips to remember | | |
| Handout | 5 | Hints and tips on communicating from young people with disabilities | | |
| Handout | 6 | Tips to promote the rights of children with disabilities during emergencies | | |
| Topic | 5 | Monitoring, evaluation and learning | ||
| Exercise | 1 | What change for children? | | |
| Handout | 1 | How to measure change | | |
| Handout | 2 | Case study | | |
| Handout | 3 | Questions | | |
| Handout | 4 | Table of issues and changes required | | |