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Hi Timothy, good to hear from you. Yes, I suspected that the original questioner was inquiring on the UN position, but I wanted to be sure. If so, then, I can share that in Barnartt & Scotch's (2001) "Disability protests: contentious politics 1970-1999", they mention the UN endorsement of deaf people to be recognized as a linguistic minority (1987) and that "their native and indigenous sign languages accepted as their first and official language and as the medium for conversation and instruction" (2001, p. 50 quoting from Wrigley, 1996, xiv). Such examples that sign language ought to be incorporated as the "medium of conversation and instruction" include education which would reflect the social model of disability as deaf people being a linguistic minority rather than as one with an impairment. Hope this helps a bit, Tommy On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 8:59 PM, Lillie,Timothy H <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > The "socially negotiable" aspect seems to be a commonly-viewed part of human rights, these days. I wonder if the original questioner was not thinking more along the concept of natural (human) rights, more-or-less as the UN Human Rights documents seem to promote. > > Timothy Lillie, PhD > Co-Chair, University Council > > Dept of Curricular and Instructional Studies > College of Education > The University of Akron > 322 Zook Hall > Akron OH 44325-4205 > > 330-972-6746 (voice) > 330-972-5209 (fax) > [log in to unmask] > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: The Disability-Research Discussion List [mailto:DISABILITY- >> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Thomas Horejes >> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 8:52 PM >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: Re: Comparison of Social model of Disability v's human rights model >> >> Human rights according to whom? When you speak of human rights, we are >> talking about a wide range of socially negotiable perceptions on what >> constitutes "human rights." >> >> On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 8:47 PM, Frank Hall-Bentick >> <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> > Does anybody know of any detail comparisons of Social model of >> > Disability v's human rights model. >> > >> > Frank >> > >> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> > From: Vivienne Topp <[log in to unmask]> >> > Date: Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 3:06 PM >> > Subject: Greetings from Dili >> > To: Frank Hall-Bentick <[log in to unmask]> >> > >> > >> > Dear Frank >> > How are you ? I am here in the pouring rain to work with RHTO >> > [National DPO of Timor Leste] on the elections. HI did a workshop a >> > couple of weeks ago and I am wanting to comment on their report - in >> > which they uphold a social model of disability. I have been trying to >> > get a comparison of social v's human rights model - so that I am exact >> > in my criticism however can't find much of assistance on the internet. >> > Can you point me towards any articles/comment? >> > Many thanks >> > Kind Regards >> > Vivienne >> > >> > ________________End of message________________ >> > >> > This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for >> Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability- >> studies). >> > >> > Enquiries about list administration should be sent to >> > [log in to unmask] >> > >> > Archives and tools are located at: >> > www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html >> > >> > You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web page. >> >> >> >> -- >> Thomas P. 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