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Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) - Article 8
Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities - Article 8 - Awareness-raising
BCANDS, is working with disability and human rights organizations from across Canada, collecting information and your input on the Articles of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
In this survey we are requesting information specifically on CRPD Article 8 - Awareness-raising. Other partners will be requesting information on different CRPD Articles. Please visit www.bcands.bc.caon how to give your input on those other CRPD Articles.
Article 8 - Awareness-raising - CRPD Committee's observations and recommendations
The Committee is concerned about the lack of information about indigenous persons with disabilities, given that they represent one of the most marginalized populations. It is also concerned about stereotypes and harmful messages in public campaigns about autistic persons. It is further concerned about the absence of information on awareness campaigns to promote the rights of persons with intellectual disabilities and to combat attitudinal barriers and prejudices against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons with disabilities.
The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Ensure appropriate dissemination of the Convention and the Committee’s general comments, concluding observations and recommendations in sign languages and in accessible formats, modes and means of communication, such as easy-read formats and Braille;
(b) Recognize and proclaim November each year as Indigenous Disability Awareness Month, which is already being done by British Columbia and Saskatchewan;
(c) Adopt a human rights model of disability that recognizes autistic persons and reinforce their human dignity and value in all public campaigns and programmes to support their inclusion in society;
(d) Adopt a strategy aimed at recognizing and fostering the participation of persons with intellectual disabilities in society, including measures to combat stigmatization against such persons and to promote their leadership, the work of their representative organizations and self-advocacy;
(e) Undertake, in collaboration with representative organizations of persons with disabilities, research aimed at enhancing understanding of diverse gender identities and monitoring attitudinal barriers faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons with disabilities;
(f) Set up strategies at the federal, provincial and territorial levels to increase awareness among so