Jennifer Zwicker, CHILD-BRIGHT Health Economics Team Member and Kids Brain Health Network Deputy Chief Scientific Officer:
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities recognises the right to inclusive education for all persons with disabilities: #AccessAbility education planning for schools is critical. UNICEF @UNICEFCanada provides some practical guidance in interpreting Article 24 and the right to inclusive education. They also provide some guidance on what governments must do ensure inclusive education. https://www.unicef.org/eca/sites/unicef.org.eca/files/IE_summary_accessible_220917_0.pdf.
Provincial ministries of education are responsible for delivering inclusive education, which includes a plan of action around inclusive education as schools reopen.@ARCHDisability provides a guide to these rights generally in Ontario as an example.
@InclusiveEdCan and @CACL_ACIC provide some resources about inclusive education inclusiveeducation.ca/learn/resource Looking to
@KristaCarrNB COVID-19 disability advisory committee, Minister Carla Qualtrough @CQualtro and CHEO @AlexMunter and SickKids @ronald_cohn CEO for other resources.
