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An Introduction to the Human Rights of persons with Disabilities
topic: Introduction to the human rights of persons with disabilities
setting: National Disability Conference workshop
participants: Disability advocates with little previous human rights education
objectives: 1) To understand and explore human rights concepts and advocacy strategies;
2) To build human rights learning environments for disability advocates to
advance their advocacy around human rights issues;
3) To learn skills that participants can apply to their home communities.
Introductions 10 minutes
Each participant can pair off with another and share who they are and what brought them to
the workshop and/or what they hope to get from it. Then each partner introduces the other to
the whole group.
Agenda and objectives of workshop 5 minutes
Facilitator briefly reviews the workshop agenda and objectives, commenting on how it can or
cannot fulfill participants’ expectations.
exercise 1.1: the Impact of myths and stereotypes about
persons with Disabilities 45 minutes
Exercise designed to allow participants to share lived experiences with discrimination based on
myths and stereotypes and begin thinking about their impact on human rights.
presentation: the Human Rights Framework 15 minutes
To introduce the fundamentals of human rights,
exercise 1.2: the Interdependence of Rights 45 minutes
Exercise designed to examine the fundamental human rights contained in the UDHR and to
raise awareness of how these rights relate to each other.
bReAK 15 minutes
presentation: the cRpD 15 minutes
To introduce the CRPD and rights-based approach to disability.
exercise 1.3: tree of Rights 45 minutes
Exercise designed to identify the range of human rights to which people with
disabilities are entitled.
exercise 5: language & Rights 45 minutes
Exercise to help understand the role that language can play in supporting both positive and
negative attitudes about the role of people with disabilities in society.
luncH 1 hour
energizer 5 minutes
Re-engage the group with a quick energizer activity, such as “Calling the Names” in which
the group forms a circle and thinks of individuals who support, inspire or guide them in their
work. Each member calls out the name of that person, one by one. (Source: Nancy Flowers,
The Human Rights Education Handbook, 2000: http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/edumat/
hreduseries/hrhandbook/activities/6.htm).
Annexes 297