[WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [Pwd] (unicode) [WSIS-CT] RE: [Ct-drafting] URGENT: Please send COMMENTS on CS declaration

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Sun Dec 7 07:17:01 GMT 2003


I fully agree with Montien.
Warmest regards.
Topong Kulkhanchit
Regional Development Officer
Disabled Peoples' International Asia-Pacific Region
325 Bondstreet Rd., Muangthong Thani, Pakkred,
Nonthaburi 11120 THAILAND
Tel/Fax 66-2984-1007, 66-2984-1008
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The Goals of DPI
 
Promote the human rights of disabled persons; 
Promote economic and social integration of disabled persons; 
Develop and support organization of disabled persons 
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Monthian Buntan 
  To: Hiroshi Kawamura ; pwd at wsis-cs.org 
  Cc: Sally Burch ; ct-drafting at wsis-cs.org ; ct at wsis-cs.org ; plenary at wsis-cs.org 
  Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 9:29 AM
  Subject: Re: [Pwd] (unicode) [WSIS-CT] RE: [Ct-drafting] URGENT: Please send COMMENTS on CS declaration


  Dear Hiroshi and all:

  If Hiroshi has some concern over the term "persons with disabilities", although it has the broadest meaning, I would like to proposed the possibly most inclusive and compromising (a bit wordy) term, "persons with all types of disabilities."  I believe such term, as I proposed, will take care of all concerns we may have.

  As far as I know, in Japan, "physical disability" includes mobility, sensory, intellectual, learning and autistic, but in many countries, such term is very narrow and includes only mobility impairment.

  Best regards,

  Thian

  At 08:41 AM 12/7/2003, Monthian Buntan wrote:

    Dear Hiroshi:

    Thank you for your kind imput.  However, I have some great concern over the word mental and physical disabilities.  Under many circumstances, the word "physical disabilities" may not include sensory impairment at all.  At least in thailand, the term "physical disabilities" refer only to persons with mobility impairment.  Therefore, I would prefer "persons with disabilities" as it speaks for the broadest range of "disabilities" regardless of types and severity.

    Please seriously take it into consideration or otherwise we may end up exlcuding many people out of different understanding and interpretation.

    Again, I confirm that "persons with disabilities" is absolutely broader than "persons with physical and mental disabilities."

    Best regards,

    Thian

     At 11:14 PM 12/6/2003, Hiroshi Kawamura wrote:

      The following text is copied from WSIS-CT mailing list with permission of
      original author. --- Hiroshi

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      The paragraph posted by Sally Burch, below is the latest and most accurate
      version of the MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE section for inclusion in the
      "PRINCIPLES, GOALS AND CHALLENGES section ( or possibly in Social Justice
      section), which I had submitted.

      The section should be titled;    MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE

      The delivery of life-critical mental and physical health information can be
      facilitated and improved through ICT-based solutions. Lack of access to
      information and communication has been identified as a critical factor in
      the public mental and physical health crises around the world. Experts have
      suggested that providing citizens of underdeveloped countries with community
      level points of access to mental and physical health information would be a
      critical starting point for addressing the mental and physical health care
      crises. However, such access points should support more than one-way flows
      of information (for example, from expert to community or patient).
      Communities must be allowed to participate in the selection and creation of
      communication flows that they find useful and necessary to address the
      prevention, treatment, and promotion of mental and physical health care for
      all people.

      In addition, please note the following revisions in brackets, which were
      previously recommended but in latest draft have been omitted.  Please
      re-insert.  Most of these refer to specifying mental and physical health, as
      opposed to only physical, and should be included for consistency and
      clarity.

      3.2.4 Access to Information and the Means of Communication, paragraph 3

      Specific needs and requirements of all stakeholders, including those with
      [mental and physical] disabilities, must be....

      3.2.5 Basic literacy, par 1 last sentence

      People-centered information technologies can foster eradication of [mental
      and physical] illnesses and epidemics, can help give everyone food, shelter,
      freedom and peace.

      3.2.5 Basic literacy, par 3 last sentence

      must include a focus on the needs of people who have [mental and] physical
      impairments and all means of transcending those impairments ...

      3.3.8 Human development ­ education and training, par 2
        Literacy, education, and research efforts in the Information Society must
      include a focus on the needs of people who have [mental and] physical
      impairments and all means of transcending those impairments....



      In par 4 -



      ...special needs: those of young and elderly people, of women, of people
      with [mental and physical] impairments, of indigenous peoples, of migrant
      communities, of refugees and returnees in post-conflict situations, in a
      life-long perspective...





      3.3.9 Information generation and knowledge development - research, par 1,
      sentence 3



      Clear principles should be developed for the use and exploitation of the
      body of knowledge produced [e.g. Scientific research data should be gender
      and age disaggregated for mental and physical health.]





      4. Conclusion, par 2, last sentence



      ....the right to a standard of living adequate for the [mental and physical]
      health and well-being of the individual and his or her family, including
      food housing and (delete medical)  [mental and physical health]care.





      3.1.9 Rights of Persons with Disabilities: recommended by Monthian Buntan



      I also support the inclusion of the section below recommended by Monthian
      Buntan, however, I would recommend the following revisions to be consistent
      with the rest of the document.  While it is helpful to specify types and
      degree of disabilities, these can be seen as referring to physical only as
      often mental and physical health care have been disconnected in many
      countries.



      3.1.9 Rights of Persons with [Mental and Physical] Disabilities:


      In the inclusive information society, the rights of persons with [mental and
      physical] disabilities to have full and absolute equal access to information
      and communications including ICTs, regardless of types and degree of
      disabilities, must be ensured by laws and policies at all levels.  In order
      to achieve such goal, Universal Design principle and the use of assistive
      technologies must be seriously promoted and supported throughout the whole
      process of building and nurturing the information society in which PWDs and
      their organizations must be allowed to participate fully and on equal terms
      with non-disabled people.





      Thank you for all your work on this.  Look forward to meeting everyone in
      Geneva as hoping to arrive Monday morning, however, there is a huge blizzard
      and snowing now in New York and flights are delayed.



      Elizabeth



      Dr. Elizabeth Carll

      Focal Point

      International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

      Tel: 631-754-2424

      Fax: 631-754-5032

      ecarll at optonline.net




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