宣传和运动
许多组织倡导包容心智障碍人士。他们还可能就影响心智障碍人士的问题进行宣传、举办活动。
包容性组织应让心智障碍人士参与所有对他们有影响的活动或宣传工作中。
自我倡导者告诉我们:
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自我倡导者希望参与那些对他们有影响的问题的运动和宣传
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使用无障碍语言的活动有助于确保每个人都能参与
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以通俗易懂的方式宣传您的活动将有助于传播您的信息
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如果一个组织代表心智障碍人士发言,应该是一位自我倡导者代表
Types of advocacy and campaigns:
Good examples
Sociedad Peruana de Síndrome de Down are a Down Syndrome organisation in Peru.
Their campaigns and advocacy work is inclusive of people with intellectual disabilities.
People with intellectual disabilities are part of planning campaigns. For example, awareness raising campaign videos are planned by self-advocates and feature their experiences.
In their advocacy work, Sociedad Peruana de Síndrome de Down have also been successful in working with self-advocates to change national policies. Self-advocates played an important role in the work Sociedad Peruana de Síndrome de Down did to guarantee the right to vote for people with intellectual disabilities. Self-advocates were supported to meet with decision makers and shared their experiences through the media.