Photo: Girl with trisomy 21 looking at a globe; Copyright: panthermedia.net/AllaSerebrina

Topic of the Month December 2018

Inclusion: Best practice examples from all over the world

It is always worth looking beyond one's own nose – this also applies to inclusion. Now that the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has been signed by more than 160 states and the European Union, the changes and progress made in the individual countries are still different, but nevertheless revealing. To what extent this is the case you can find out in the Topic of the Month December: Inclusion: Best practice examples from all over the world.

Inclusion around the world: Developments that promote participation in society

Photo: Two women talk to each other in sign language; Copyright: visitBerlin, Andi Weiland | Gesellschaftsbilder.de

From Spain to Brazil to Singapore: Inclusion and participation in the community should be a central idea and transcend country borders. REHACARE.com investigated whether and to what extent this is the case in various countries around the world and looked at the solutions that have already been implemented.

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Brazilian sign language - Libras: How necessity created a socially visible form of sign language

Photo: Deaf sign language interpreter Liona Paulus; Copyright: Katharina Dubno

When we think of Brazil in these parts, we visualize Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, the Copacabana and Sugarloaf Mountain. Yet when it comes to inclusion or – more specifically - the role of sign language in everyday life, Brazil is likely not the country that first comes to mind. Liona Paulus, a PhD candidate at the University of Göttingen and deaf sign language interpreter believes that’s not fair.

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