November in Review & Intl Day of Persons with Disabilities

 

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"As the world recovers from the pandemic, we must ensure that the aspirations and rights of persons with disabilities are included and accounted for in a -inclusive, accessible and sustainable post COVID-19 world." 

Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary General 

The 3 December was the International Day of Disabled Persons. The annual observance of the International Day of Disabled Persons was proclaimed in 1992. 

It aims to promote the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities in all spheres of society and development, and to increase awareness of the situation of persons with disabilities in every aspect of political, social, economic and cultural life.

• Five things we need to know:

Ahead of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, celebrated every year on 3rd December, here are five things you need to know about living with a disability during COVID-19:

Here are five things you need to know about living with a disability during COVID-19:

• Persons with disabilities: Did you know?

Of the one billion population of persons with disabilities, 80% live in developing countries.

An estimated 46% of older people aged 60 years and over are people with disabilities.

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One in every five women is likely to experience disability in her life, while one in every ten children is a child with a disability.

Persons with disabilities in the world are among the hardest hit by COVID-19.

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Education:

Disability inclusion is an essential condition to upholding human rights, in education and of course in school curricula. 

Of the 100 million or so children around the world with a disability, 80% of them are in developing countries. In these countries, 40% of children with disabilities don't go to primary school and 55% are not in secondary education.

Beyond those stark facts are millions of other children with disabilities who are in classrooms but are left feeling excluded, intimidated and unvalued by the failings of school systems.

"For most people, technology makes things easier. For people with disabilities, technology makes things possible,"

Vibhu Sharma

via The Hindu

The tools for identifying learning difficulties such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia. These manifest as problems with listening, speaking, reading, writing, reasoning, or mathematical abilities.

"A lot of young people feel dumb or stupid. Dyslexia can affect different aspects of their life besides reading, from being able to tell from left and right, or reading a map,” 

Shae Wissell, Dear Dislexy Foundation

Prominent young Australians who have dyslexia are Jessica Watson, who sailed around the world solo when she was just 16, and Alex Edmondson, an Olympic medal-winning cyclist.

Dyslexia

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My goal is to demonstrate to teachers, parents that  inclusion is possible for kids and citizens with disabilities and to highlight actionable opportunities in the different curricula in school. Sport, music, art are offering excellent opportunities for inclusion. I wrote many posts about persons with disability on this blog.

There is a special one. The most read all over the years: Schools :The Present, a short animation on teens disabilities !

As a teacher, I had a lot of students with different disabilities and always in inclusive classes along my career.

Of course, we must prepare a common core standards-based curriculum and resources list that helps us weave ability awareness-themed activities and inclusion education into our classroom throughout the year.

Of course, I prepared my students to respect the rhythm of their peers with disabilities. They could understand their disabilities and helped their 'different' classmates in their learning.

On the other hand students with disabilities learned to work in group and they did enormous progress in their own learning.

We need to strengthen our collective efforts for universal access to essential services, including immediate health and social protection, education, digital infrastructure, accessible information, employment and other socio-cultural opportunities in order to ensure that persons why disabilities are not left behind in times of crisis and beyond.

And now let's write about the posts of November. About 70% of us are affected by restrictions in Portugal. 

Here are the most popular posts of the last month:

Apps in Education : Google Lens : the app to help students with math & science homework : Let's see !

Éducation & Arts : Nuit des Musées Chez Nous ! Plein de belles choses sur les réseaux sociaux !

There are measures to deal with coronavirus outbreaks are in place across Europe. Many involve the reintroduction of restrictions that had been eased after initial lockdowns.

Here in Portugal, schools are working but there are two special measures for two long week-ends, the 1st December, Independence Restoration Day and next Thursday a Catholic holiday. We are under a third national lockdown until at least 17 December. And there is a curfew from movement between country's municipalities is prohibited. 

Be safe! Take care!

G-Souto

04.12.2020

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