Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Person
Issues, activities, experiences and technologies about Deaf People in the Philippines
Dubbed "From Why to How in ICT for Persons With Disabilities", it first shows the status of ICT and how those with disabilities were struggling to overcome the hurdles, and the government's continued advocacy and information dissemination. It then leads to its significant contribution to the article provisions of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities. The Philippines became a signatory of this convention in 2008.
This issue has been discussed and debated countless times with hearing people as protagonists. We have been dictating education to them since "education" was invented. Deaf education in the Philippines started more than 100 years ago. Has there been an improvement since then? Don't we think it's about time that the deaf people should be more involved in these discussions? It's their rights that we're securing, not ours. I hope that when the people from the government especially from the Department of Education start making in-depth discussions about inclusive education, they should at least give the deaf people a chance to be heard.
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Person 