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Prevention of disabilities linked to chronic diseases (2006)
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Authors:P-RR-PREV Committee and Nina Timmermans
ISBN 10 92-871-5991-2
ISBN 13 978-92-871-5991-5
Format:16x24cm. Pages 202.
Worldwide diseases have changed to include more chronic conditions, while the majority of current health systems continue to provide treatment and acute care rather than continuity of care. Even more dramatic changes in the health needs of the world population are anticipated, with non-communicable diseases as the leading cause of disability.
The present report, drawn up by a Council of Europe Committee of Experts, proposes appropriate means of prevention aimed at reducing disabilities caused by chronic diseases.
The setting up of individualised programmes of psycho-social rehabilitation aiming at the full development of the person, and measures to promote the full integration of people with disabilities into society are some of the recommendations made.
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Human Rights - Disability - Children:Towards international instrument for disability rights - the special case of disabled children. Conference Proceedings (2006)
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Format:16x24 cm. Pages 300.
Synopsis
Too many people with disabilities, particularly children, continue to experience isolation, stigma and social exclusion because they live in specialised institutions.
The Conference "Human Rights- Disability-Children: towards international instrument for disability rights - the special case of disabled children", organised by the Council o1 Europe in Strasbourg (8-9 November 2004) under its Norwegian Chairmanship, reviewed current Council of Europe instruments to promote and protect the rights of people with disabilities. It focused in particular on the right of children with disabilities to grow up within a family and in a community context.
The event, attended by more than 100 participants from 34 Council of Europe member and observer states, clearly showed that strengthening the rights of children with disabilities within a non-discriminatory framework "from patient to citizen" is a pan-European issue.
The concrete follow-up of the c
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Price: $ 45.00
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ISBN # ISBN 92-871-5873-8 / 978-92-871-5873-4
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The status of sign language in Europe (2005)
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Author: Nina Timmermans. Format 16x24cm. 164 pages.
There are an estimated one million deaf people in the member states of the Council of Europe. Sign languages are the indigenous languages of deaf people. In addition, many of their family members and friends use sign language as a second or foreign language, as do some hearing-impaired people. Sign languages are languages in their own right, with their own grammar, lexicon, syntax, etc.
There is no single, universal sign language and these differ from each other just like spoken languages.
How are sign languages recognised in Europe?
How are the rights of their users protected and promoted?
The present report, based on information provided by member states' governments and by NGOs, gives an overview of the recognition of sign languages in twenty-six European states. It also summarises policies and programmes which have been developed by member states to ensure sign language users access to their political, social and cultural rights.
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