| | Dear Colleague, UNICEF is pleased to share with you the 2013 edition of UNICEF's The State of the World's Children, which we are launching today. Entitled Children with Disabilities, the report examines the discrimination and deprivations that these children and their families confront. It describes the progress that is being made, albeit unevenly, in ensuring that children with disabilities have the fair access to services and opportunities that is their right. And it urges governments, their international partners, civil society, and employers to take concrete steps to advance the cause of inclusion – as a matter of equity and for the benefit of all.  In order to achieve this goal, international agencies and donors and their national and local partners should include children with disabilities in the objectives, targets and monitoring indicators of all development programmes. Exclusion is often the consequence of invisibility. Few countries have reliable information on how many of their citizens are children with disabilities, what disabilities they have or how these disabilities affect their lives. As a result, few are capable of knowing what types and amounts of support these children and their families need – much less how best to respond. One of the report's chapters is therefore devoted to exploring challenges, progress and opportunities in the area of data collection and analysis. The report also contains a series of personal essays by young people with disabilities and some of the people who work with children and adolescents with disabilities – among them, parents, caregivers and advocates. It is our hope that this report will inform the dialogue and nurture the action that is necessary to create a world in which children with disabilities enjoy their rights on a par with other children, even in the most remote settings and the most deprived circumstances. To access The State of the World's Children – Children with Disabilities: Download the PDF version of the report Visit the multimedia site for additional online content, including videos and versions of the report designed to be accessible to readers with visual, hearing, or intellectual impairments. With best regards, Abid Aslam, Editor, The State of the World's Children | | | | | Copyright © 2013 UNICEF, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: UNICEF | | | | | |
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Moussa Charafeddine MD
President, Friends of the Disabled Association
www.friendsfordisabled.org Honorary Life Member, Inclusion International
www.inclusion-international.org President, Lebanese National Union on Intellectual Disability UNAPIEI
Tel:+9613612581 Home +9615601049 Office:+9615601663
Fax:+9615602445 PO Box 14-6688 Beirut, Lebanon
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