03-16-2006, 05:30 PM
Okay, rough draft.
Quote: Sign Language Recognition
Category: Human Rights
Strength: Significant
Description:
REALIZING that not all people are able to communicate via spoken language due to partial or total loss of hearing;
NOTING with regret that people hard of hearing are not yet protected and/or supported in their efforts to live within the hearing community;
NOTING further that, whereas some people hard of hearing may master or have mastered spoken language before or after the onset of their hearing impairment, not all can do so or only with most severe difficulty, especially when they have prelingual deafness;
The NS UN
1. RECOGNIZES the following rights for people hard of hearing:
a. Citizens shall be able to communicate with the government of a country they hold citizenship in the most efficient way of expressing their thoughts, needs and idea;
b. Deaf or hearing impaired citizens shall be taught a sign language if they desire so, and be taught so from infancy if they have congenital deafness or severe hearing impairment;
2. MANDATES that each UN member state recognizes at least one national sign language in which people hard of hearing may communicate officially;
3. URGES that each UN member state
a. Ensures that adequate facilities and personnel are provided for deaf and hearing impaired students;
b. Ensures that adequately instructed personnel is available to provide translation for deaf and hearing impaired people when dealing with government authorities
4. CONDEMNS and FORBIDS any discrimination of people hard of hearing due to their condition.
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I realize that much work on that still needs to be done, so, tinker with it, please!
Quote: Sign Language Recognition
Category: Human Rights
Strength: Significant
Description:
REALIZING that not all people are able to communicate via spoken language due to partial or total loss of hearing;
NOTING with regret that people hard of hearing are not yet protected and/or supported in their efforts to live within the hearing community;
NOTING further that, whereas some people hard of hearing may master or have mastered spoken language before or after the onset of their hearing impairment, not all can do so or only with most severe difficulty, especially when they have prelingual deafness;
The NS UN
1. RECOGNIZES the following rights for people hard of hearing:
a. Citizens shall be able to communicate with the government of a country they hold citizenship in the most efficient way of expressing their thoughts, needs and idea;
b. Deaf or hearing impaired citizens shall be taught a sign language if they desire so, and be taught so from infancy if they have congenital deafness or severe hearing impairment;
2. MANDATES that each UN member state recognizes at least one national sign language in which people hard of hearing may communicate officially;
3. URGES that each UN member state
a. Ensures that adequate facilities and personnel are provided for deaf and hearing impaired students;
b. Ensures that adequately instructed personnel is available to provide translation for deaf and hearing impaired people when dealing with government authorities
4. CONDEMNS and FORBIDS any discrimination of people hard of hearing due to their condition.
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I realize that much work on that still needs to be done, so, tinker with it, please!