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4.0 Executive Summary of Survey Results The Executive Summary of Survey Results is categorised into ten sections and is based on the detailed data results found later in the report: 1. National Associations of the Deaf 2. Population of Deaf People 3. Legislation and Policies 4. Access to Government Services 5. Access to the Media 6. Status of the Country Sign Language(s) 7. Access to Education 8. Status of Sign Language Interpreting Services 9. Employment 10. General Comments The target members of WFD MCAC who returned completed surveys were: 1. Costa Rican National Association of the Deaf 2. Cuban National Association of the Deaf 3. National Association of the Deaf of the Dominican Republic 4. Salvadorian Association of the Deaf 5. Guatemala Deaf Association 6. Mexican Deaf Federation 7. Nicaraguan National Association of the Deaf 8. National Deaf Association of Panama And non-members who returned surveys were: 1. Support Group for Deaf Persons in Guyana 2. Centre of Assistance for People with Hearing Problems in Haiti 3. Honduras Deaf Association 4. Suriname Association Deaf Only one Ordinary Member of WFD MCAC (Belize) did not return the survey. The Regional Director stated that this organisation may have been temporarily shut down. The Deaf Association in Suriname has a partner organisation in Holland, ‘Dovenschap’, who completed the survey on their behalf. 4.1 Background of the Country Respondents 4.1.1 Classification of Developing Countries/Developed Countries Reference: - Reference: - (http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/DATASTATISTICS/0,,contentMDK:20420458~menuPK:64133156~pagePK:641331 50~piPK:64133175~theSitePK:239419,00.html) Based on the World Bank’s definition, four classifications were used for this analysis. In the region incorporating Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, one country is classified as Low Income (Haiti); seven are classified as Low Middle Income (Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua and Suriname) and four as Upper Middle Income (Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Mexico and Panama). The Project was under the auspices of the Swedish National Association of the Deaf (SDR) and the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD), Page No 12 and funded by the Swedish Agency for International Development Cooperation (Sida) and Swedish Organisations’ of Disabled Persons International Aid Association (Shia).
Country Low Income Low Middle Income Upper Middle Income Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic El Salvador Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Panama Suriname Total 1 (8%) 7 (59%) 4 (33%) 4.1.2 Contact Details of Country Respondents The Project was under the auspices of the Swedish National Association of the Deaf (SDR) and the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD), Page No 13 and funded by the Swedish Agency for International Development Cooperation (Sida) and Swedish Organisations’ of Disabled Persons International Aid Association (Shia). Based on 12 respondents Twelve country respondents supplied their contact details. It was interesting to note that only two have websites (Costa Rica and Haiti). Mexico’s website is under construction. 4.1.3 Country Respondent Memberships Eleven country respondents provided the number of Deaf members; the largest number of Deaf members is from Cuba, with 9,759 out of a total of 14,910 Deaf members in the entire WFD MCAC region. The lowest number of Deaf members was five in Suriname. Mexico did not supply the number of Deaf members. It is interesting to note that Honduras’ membership base has more hearing people (68%) than Deaf (32%). Country Total Deaf Members Total Hard of Hearing Members Total Hearing Members Total Members Costa Rica 498 (99%) 0 2 (0.4%) 500 Cuba 9,759 (49%) 9,273 (46%) 1,071 (5%) 20,103 Dominican Republic 55 (100%) 0 0 55 El Salvador 473 (99%) 3 (1%) 0 476 Guatemala 37 (76%) 11 (22%) 1 (2%) 49 Guyana 20 (50%) 0 20 (50%) 40 Haiti 2,300 (59%) 1,033 (27%) 557 (14%) 3,890 Honduras 890 (32%) 0 1,900 (68%) 2,790 Mexico 0 0 0 0 Nicaragua 793 (99%) 8 (1%) 0 801 Panama 80 (95%) 4 (5%) 0 84 Suriname 5 (100%) 0 0 5 Total 14,910 10,332 3,551 28,793 4.1.4 Background of the Country Respondents Eight out of 12 country respondents (Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama) are Ordinary Members (OMs) of WFD and were established between 1964 to 1997; the oldest National Association in WFD MCAC is that of Mexico, which was established in 1964, with the most recently-established being that in the Dominican Republic (2000).
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Page 3 and 4: Table of Contents 1.0 Appreciation
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Page 7 and 8: 1.0 Appreciation The World Federati
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Page 17 and 18: ten of 12 countries (83%) responded
Page 19 and 20: policy on Deaf Education. All six c
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Page 23 and 24: Another question sought information
Page 25 and 26: 5.0 Recommendations This section is
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Page 31 and 32: 6.9 Mexico Population: 108,700,891
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Page 39 and 40: Nicaragua 1986 Yes Yes Panama 1979
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7.8.0 Access to Education 7.8.1 Doe
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7.8.4 Does your country’s governm
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7.8.6 What is the general opinion o
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7.9.0 Status of Sign Language Inter
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7.9.2 Does your country have sign l
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El Salvador Yes Guatemala Yes Guya
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7.9.6 Is there any legislation or p
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Haiti No Honduras No Mexico No Nica
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7.10.5 Does your country provide em
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Honduras Mexico Panama 7. That our
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2.0 National Association of the Dea
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2.8.1 How many affiliated regional
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3.3 Does your Association have any
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4.5.1 If yes, what types of service
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4.9.1 If Deaf people are not allowe
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6.0 Access to the Media 6.1 Does yo
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8.0 Access to Education 8.1 Does yo
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9.1.5 How many sign language interp
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10.4 Does your country any figures
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