Page No 1 - World Federation of the Deaf

Table of Contents
1.0 Appreciation 7
2.0 Introduction 8
3.0 Methodology
10
3.1 Development of Survey Questionnaire
10
3.2 Implementation of the Global Education Pre-Planning Project on the
Human Rights of Deaf People in WFD MCAC
10
3.3 Reporting
11
3.4 Regional Working Group Meeting
11
4.0 Executive Summary of Survey Results
12
4.1 Background of the Country Respondents
12
4.1.1 Classification of the Developing Countries/Developed
Countries
12
4.1.2 Contact Details of Country Respondents
13
4.1.3 Country Respondent Memberships
13
4.1.4 Background of the Country Respondents
13
4.2 Population of Deaf People
15
4.3 Legislation and Policies
16
4.4 Access to Government Services
17
4.5 Access to the Media
18
4.6 Status of the National Sign Language(s)
18
4.7 Access to Education
18
4.8 Status of Sign Language Interpreting Services
20
4.9 Employment
22
4.10 General Comments
23
5.0 Recommendations
25
5.1 Increase Knowledge of the United Nations Conventions
25
5.2 Training on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities (CRPD)
25
5.3 Training for the National Association of the Deaf and Deaf
Groups/Organisations
25
5.4 Organisational Development Training for Board and Senior Management 26
5.5 Organisational Review and Training for the Deaf Community
26
5.6 Advocacy for the Improvement of the Standard of Living for Deaf
People
26
5.7 Further Situation Analysis Research in the Mexico, Central America and
Caribbean Region
27
6.0 Geography and Population
28
6.1 Costa Rica
28
6.2 Cuba
28
6.3 Dominican Republic
29
6.4 El Salvador
29
6.5 Guatemala
29
6.6 Guyana
30
6.7 Haiti
30
6.8 Honduras
30
6.9 Mexico
31
6.10 Nicaragua
31
6.11 Panama
32
6.12 Suriname
32
7.0 Survey Results
33
7.1.0 Contact Details
33
7.2.0 National Association of the Deaf
37
7.2.1 Please provide the number of members your National Association of the
Deaf/Deaf Group has in your country.
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7.2.1.1 Deaf Members
37
7.2.1.2 Hard of Hearing Members
37
7.2.1.3 Hearing Members
37
7.2.1.4 Summary Status of the Associations’/Groups’ Memberships
38
7.2.2 In what year was your National Association/Deaf Group established?
38
7.2.3 Does your Deaf Association/Deaf Group have Statutes/a Constitution? 38
7.2.4 Does your government recognise your national organisation as the
representative of Deaf people in your country?
38
7.2.5 Please list some of the areas in which your association/group has
adopted a policy statement.
38
7.2.6 Please list the six highest priority issues/actions in your strategic action
plan.
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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 3
and funded by the Swedish Agency for International Development Cooperation (Sida) and Swedish Organisations’ of Disabled Persons
International Aid Association (Shia).