The Right to Read, the Marrakesh Treaty, and People with Intellectual Disabilities
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SWENSON, Sue, MHIRI, Manel and HARDY, Ailis (2019) The Right to Read, the Marrakesh Treaty, and People with Intellectual Disabilities. Paper presented at: IFLA WLIC 2019 - Athens, Greece - Libraries: dialogue for change in Session S22 - Libraries serving Persons with Print Disabilities with Library Services to People with Special Needs. In: Equitable library services for everybody including persons with print disabilities, 20-21 August 2019, Alexandria, Egypt.
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The Right to Read, the Marrakesh Treaty, and People with Intellectual Disabilities
The right to read can be realized for people with intellectual disabilities when we achieve the technical ability to transform texts into plain language formats and when we can agree on intellectual property rights for texts that are so transformed. We need to create plain language standards. Many of the out-of-school children and non-reading persons in the world have intellectual or learning disabilities. They need access to humane letters as well as important documents in order to participate fully in their personal and political lives. Plain language can benefit everyone.Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) | ||||||||||||
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Conference details: | IFLA WLIC 2019 - Athens, Greece - Libraries: dialogue for changeSession S22 - Equitable library services for everybody including persons with print disabilities - Libraries serving Persons with Print Disabilities with Library Services to People with Special Needs |
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Divisions: | Division 1 Library Types > Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities Section Division 3 Library Services > Library Services to People with Special Needs Section |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Intellectual disability, right to read, out of school, freedom to read | ||||||||||||
Date Deposited: | 17 Sep 2019 18:42 | ||||||||||||
Last Modified: | 17 Sep 2019 18:42 | ||||||||||||
URI: | https://library.ifla.org/id/eprint/2736 |
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