This has a ripple effect resulting in programing and research studies that lack firsthand insight from persons with disabilities, does not allow persons with disabilities to be active participants in systems and services that impact their lives, and contributes to growing inequities including in the workforce. Persons with disabilities are more than beneficiaries:Persons with disabilities are often seen as recipients of aid and rarely engaged meaningfully in the design and execution of programs. One speaker noted “patience is our characteristic if we are person with disabilities.” Making the effort to address these challenges and ensure programs are accessible is imperative. We experienced logistical challenges and technical glitches. Directly sharing the perspectives of persons with disabilities living in countries affected by conflict meant having the webinar in three languages, with two sign language interpreters and closed captioning. The sector needs to do better:Organizing this webinar was a learning curve for EQUAL and RECAP partners. You can watch the complete webinar recording here Key Takeaways On December 14, 2021, the EQUAL and RECAP consortiums hosted a webinar titled “From Research to Response: Lessons for Making Humanitarian Action More Inclusive.” Below is a summary of the webinar including key takeaways and recommendations from the webinar hosts and from four advocates advancing disability inclusion in DRC, Somalia, Nigeria, and South Sudan. With the Global Disability Summit approaching in February 2022, there is a unique opportunity to ensure commitments made protect the health and rights of persons with disabilities who are impacted by humanitarian emergencies. Charlton's combination of personal involvement and theoretical awareness assures greater understanding of the disability rights movement.Despite a concerted effort toward inclusive humanitarian action, challenges persist. Nothing About Us Without Us expresses the conviction of people with disabilities that they know what is best for them. As a latecomer among the world's liberation movements, the disability rights movement will gain visibility and momentum from Charlton's elucidation of its history and its political philosophy of self-determination, which is captured in the title of his book. His interviews contain striking stories of self-reliance and empowerment evoking the new consciousness of disability rights activists. Charlton's analysis is illuminated by interviews he conducted over a ten-year period with disability rights activists throughout the Third World, Europe, and the United States.Ĭharlton finds an antidote for dependency and powerlessness in the resistance to disability oppression that is emerging worldwide. Nothing About Us Without Us is the first book in the literature on disability to provide a theoretical overview of disability oppression that shows its similarities to, and differences from, racism, sexism, and colonialism. James Charlton has produced a ringing indictment of disability oppression, which, he says, is rooted in degradation, dependency, and powerlessness and is experienced in some form by five hundred million persons throughout the world who have physical, sensory, cognitive, or developmental disabilities.
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