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<DIV><SPAN class=781295202-07122003><STRONG>Dear Thian and
all,</STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=781295202-07122003><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=781295202-07122003><STRONG>There is no problem with
any of the phrases you are suggesting for the paragraph below which you have
suggested. However, I would like to request that we also include a phrase
as an example, such as "Persons with disabilities, including mental, physical,
and other. Is there a problem with including mental disabilities as an
example? In many countries mental health services are disconnected
from health services.</STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=781295202-07122003><FONT
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=781295202-07122003><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><STRONG><FONT
size=3>More than 400 million people are known to suffer from mental and brain
disorders and these numbers are expected to rise sharply over the next few
decades, particularly among people in the developing world.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Despite, the enormous social and
economic burden so created, more than 40% of the world’s countries have no
articulated mental health policy, and over 30% have no mental health
programs.</FONT> </STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=781295202-07122003><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><STRONG><FONT
size=3></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=781295202-07122003><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><STRONG><FONT
size=3>I understand your concern, which is why I have suggested using an example
that includes mental disabilities in addition to your phrase.
Unfortunately in many countries it is important to specify so as not to exclude,
assuming that someone else's definition of all disabilities includes mental
disabilities is an assumption that may leave people with out
services. When identifying problems it is also important to keep in mind
how the services may be carried out in different parts of the world and not to
inadvertently leave loop holes.</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=781295202-07122003><FONT
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=781295202-07122003><STRONG>The following is suggested for the
paragraph you have suggested which includes your description as well as an
example following. Is this acceptable? If not, please clarify the
reason. Hopefully this compromise achieves both our goals to be as
inclusive as possible.</STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=781295202-07122003><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><BR>3.1.9 Rights of <SPAN class=781295202-07122003>p</SPAN>ersons
with<SPAN class=781295202-07122003> d</SPAN>isabilities<SPAN
class=781295202-07122003>,</SPAN> including mental, physical, and
other<SPAN class=781295202-07122003>;</SPAN><BR><BR>In the inclusive information
society, the rights of persons with disabilities<SPAN
class=781295202-07122003>, </SPAN><SPAN class=781295202-07122003>including
</SPAN>mental<SPAN class=781295202-07122003>, physical, and other, </SPAN>to
have full and absolute equal access to information and communications including
ICTs, regardless of types and degree of<SPAN class=781295202-07122003>
</SPAN>disabilities, must be ensured by laws and policies at all levels.
In order<SPAN class=781295202-07122003> </SPAN>to achieve such goal, Universal
Design principle and the use of assistive<SPAN class=781295202-07122003>
</SPAN>technologies must be seriously promoted and supported throughout the
whole<SPAN class=781295202-07122003> </SPAN>process of building and nurturing
the information society in which PWDs and<SPAN class=781295202-07122003>
</SPAN>their organizations must be allowed to participate fully and on equal
terms<SPAN class=781295202-07122003> </SPAN>with non-disabled people.</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=156381802-07122003><STRONG>Best regards,</STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=156381802-07122003><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=156381802-07122003><SPAN
class=781295202-07122003><STRONG>Elizabeth</STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=156381802-07122003><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=156381802-07122003>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> ct-admin@wsis-cs.org
[mailto:ct-admin@wsis-cs.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Monthian
Buntan<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, December 06, 2003 9:30 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
Hiroshi Kawamura; pwd@wsis-cs.org<BR><B>Cc:</B> Sally Burch;
ct-drafting@wsis-cs.org; ct@wsis-cs.org;
plenary@wsis-cs.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Pwd] (unicode) [WSIS-CT] RE:
[Ct-drafting] URGENT: Please send COMMENTS on CS
declaration<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT size=3>Dear Hiroshi and all:<BR><BR>If
Hiroshi has some concern over the term "persons with disabilities", although
it has the broadest meaning, I would like to proposed the possibly most
inclusive and compromising (a bit wordy) term, "persons with all types of
disabilities." I believe such term, as I proposed, will take care of all
concerns we may have.<BR><BR>As far as I know, in Japan, "physical disability"
includes mobility, sensory, intellectual, learning and autistic, but in many
countries, such term is very narrow and includes only mobility
impairment.<BR><BR>Best regards,<BR><BR>Thian<BR><BR>At 08:41 AM 12/7/2003,
Monthian Buntan wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">Dear Hiroshi:<BR><BR>Thank you
for your kind imput. However, I have some great concern over the word
mental and physical disabilities. Under many circumstances, the word
"physical disabilities" may not include sensory impairment at all. At
least in thailand, the term "physical disabilities" refer only to persons
with mobility impairment. Therefore, I would prefer "persons with
disabilities" as it speaks for the broadest range of "disabilities"
regardless of types and severity.<BR><BR>Please seriously take it into
consideration or otherwise we may end up exlcuding many people out of
different understanding and interpretation.<BR><BR>Again, I confirm that
"persons with disabilities" is absolutely broader than "persons with
physical and mental disabilities."<BR><BR>Best
regards,<BR><BR>Thian<BR><BR> At 11:14 PM 12/6/2003, Hiroshi Kawamura
wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">The following text is copied
from WSIS-CT mailing list with permission of<BR>original author. ---
Hiroshi<BR><BR>----------------------------------------------------<BR><BR>The
paragraph posted by Sally Burch, below is the latest and most
accurate<BR>version of the MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE section for
inclusion in the<BR>"PRINCIPLES, GOALS AND CHALLENGES section ( or
possibly in Social Justice<BR>section), which I had submitted.<BR><BR>The
section should be titled; MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH
CARE<BR><BR>The delivery of life-critical mental and physical health
information can be<BR>facilitated and improved through ICT-based
solutions. Lack of access to<BR>information and communication has been
identified as a critical factor in<BR>the public mental and physical
health crises around the world. Experts have<BR>suggested that providing
citizens of underdeveloped countries with community<BR>level points of
access to mental and physical health information would be a<BR>critical
starting point for addressing the mental and physical health
care<BR>crises. However, such access points should support more than
one-way flows<BR>of information (for example, from expert to community or
patient).<BR>Communities must be allowed to participate in the selection
and creation of<BR>communication flows that they find useful and necessary
to address the<BR>prevention, treatment, and promotion of mental and
physical health care for<BR>all people.<BR><BR>In addition, please note
the following revisions in brackets, which were<BR>previously recommended
but in latest draft have been omitted. Please<BR>re-insert.
Most of these refer to specifying mental and physical health,
as<BR>opposed to only physical, and should be included for consistency
and<BR>clarity.<BR><BR>3.2.4 Access to Information and the Means of
Communication, paragraph 3<BR><BR>Specific needs and requirements of all
stakeholders, including those with<BR>[mental and physical] disabilities,
must be....<BR><BR>3.2.5 Basic literacy, par 1 last
sentence<BR><BR>People-centered information technologies can foster
eradication of [mental<BR>and physical] illnesses and epidemics, can help
give everyone food, shelter,<BR>freedom and peace.<BR><BR>3.2.5 Basic
literacy, par 3 last sentence<BR><BR>must include a focus on the needs of
people who have [mental and] physical<BR>impairments and all means of
transcending those impairments ...<BR><BR>3.3.8 Human development ­
education and training, par 2<BR> Literacy, education, and research
efforts in the Information Society must<BR>include a focus on the needs of
people who have [mental and] physical<BR>impairments and all means of
transcending those impairments....<BR><BR><BR><BR>In par 4
-<BR><BR><BR><BR>...special needs: those of young and elderly people, of
women, of people<BR>with [mental and physical] impairments, of indigenous
peoples, of migrant<BR>communities, of refugees and returnees in
post-conflict situations, in a<BR>life-long
perspective...<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>3.3.9 Information generation and
knowledge development - research, par 1,<BR>sentence
3<BR><BR><BR><BR>Clear principles should be developed for the use and
exploitation of the<BR>body of knowledge produced [e.g. Scientific
research data should be gender<BR>and age disaggregated for mental and
physical health.]<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>4. Conclusion, par 2, last
sentence<BR><BR><BR><BR>....the right to a standard of living adequate for
the [mental and physical]<BR>health and well-being of the individual and
his or her family, including<BR>food housing and (delete medical)
[mental and physical health]care.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>3.1.9 Rights of
Persons with Disabilities: recommended by Monthian Buntan<BR><BR><BR><BR>I
also support the inclusion of the section below recommended by
Monthian<BR>Buntan, however, I would recommend the following revisions to
be consistent<BR>with the rest of the document. While it is helpful
to specify types and<BR>degree of disabilities, these can be seen as
referring to physical only as<BR>often mental and physical health care
have been disconnected in many<BR>countries.<BR><BR><BR><BR>3.1.9 Rights
of Persons with [Mental and Physical] Disabilities:<BR><BR><BR>In the
inclusive information society, the rights of persons with [mental
and<BR>physical] disabilities to have full and absolute equal access to
information<BR>and communications including ICTs, regardless of types and
degree of<BR>disabilities, must be ensured by laws and policies at all
levels. In order<BR>to achieve such goal, Universal Design principle
and the use of assistive<BR>technologies must be seriously promoted and
supported throughout the whole<BR>process of building and nurturing the
information society in which PWDs and<BR>their organizations must be
allowed to participate fully and on equal terms<BR>with non-disabled
people.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Thank you for all your work on this.
Look forward to meeting everyone in<BR>Geneva as hoping to arrive Monday
morning, however, there is a huge blizzard<BR>and snowing now in New York
and flights are delayed.<BR><BR><BR><BR>Elizabeth<BR><BR><BR><BR>Dr.
Elizabeth Carll<BR><BR>Focal Point<BR><BR>International Society for
Traumatic Stress Studies<BR><BR>Tel: 631-754-2424<BR><BR>Fax:
631-754-5032<BR><BR>ecarll@optonline.net<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Pwd
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