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Inclusion International has identified the human rights of children who have a disability as a clear priority. Specifically as a part of it's eighth Millennium Development Goals, II has set targets for achieving the human rights of children with disabilities.

The goal of the Children and Families section is to ensure that the rights of children with disabilities are included throughout the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. This section is also geared towards raising awareness about mechanisms for effectively supporting families caring for a member with disabilities to be able to do so at home, in the communities where children with disabilities belong.

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Parent Kit- Supporting Children with Disability

[Last updated Saturday, June 16, 2007]

When a child with a disability is born or a child acquires a disability in early childhood, many families feel they are faced with questions for which they do not have answers. Why was my child born with this disability? Why did this happen to my child? How should I treat them? What special exercises should I do? How should I cope with other people's reactions? Will my child be able to learn? Will my child be able to go to school? Will my son or daughter be able to get a job? Will they ever marry? There are so many new questions that many parents feel overwhelmed.

This "Parent Information Kit" has been put together to provide basic general information to parents and family members about a range of types of disability. There is general information about each type/category of disability. There are also some "Helpful Hints" which aims to give a few ideas on ways that parents might support their children.

Remember, as a parent you are the EXPERT on your child!!

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Children, Discrimination and Disadvantage

[Last updated Wednesday, June 13, 2007]

By: Roberto Leal (Inclusion inter-Americana) and Michael Bach (CACL Canada)

Towards a Global Agenda for Change.

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Inclusion International calls on UNICEF and UNESCO not to exclude our children.

[Last updated Monday, March 6, 2006]

II sent a letter and press release expressing concern regarding the exclusion of children with disabilities from the report released in March by UNICEF and UNESCO: Children-Out-of-School: Measuring Exclusion from Primary Education. II received an immediate response from UNICEF AND UNESCO authors of the report and we distributed that response through the network of people and organizations interested in education.

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UNICEF and Children with Disabilities: Ideas for Moving Forward

[Last updated Tuesday, June 21, 2005]

Briefing Note prepared Jointly by the World Blind Union, Inclusion International, and the Canadian Association for Community Living.

UNICEF, with the support of the NGO Committee, should increase its focus on children with disabilities. This will enable UNICEF, as the lead agency for children, to better promote and advance the human rights and full inclusion of children with disabilities in its policies, programmes and partnerships. Children with disabilities need a champion in UNICEF.

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