The Poetics of Discomfort A few weeks ago, I once again had the privilege to join the more than 50 adolescents and young people that make up the Red META network, who gathered to discuss not … → 26/06/2019
Are School Feeding Programs Prepared to Be Inclusive of Children with Disabilities?
School feeding programs have a long standing tradition globally. They mobilize huge amount of resources in some regions. In the less developed countries they are used as …
Incomplete: Women with intellectual disabilities, sexual abuse and neighbours
The man, 26, had been holding two women with intellectual disabilities captive. He sexually, emotionally and psychologically abused them and beat them …
It’s a part of life
Dictionaries, guides and manuals tend to have a very brief shelf life, as if the words in them were uncomfortable being confined …
How do you say “making love” in sign language?
“To love we need to talk. Love is inconceivable without words, precisely because to love is to give something we do not have and you …
What’s the question children with disabilities are never asked?
A couple of weeks ago, in Tierra del Fuego (at the very tip of Argentina ) I met with a group of teachers …
Parents, Families and Community Participation – an online webinar for UNICEF (UNICEF, 2015)
(Gevena, 2015) An hour long online webinar produced for UNICEF by Sergio Meresman. The webinar series is intended to provide practical guidance to …
Inclusive School Health and Nutrition Programmes: A roadmap for mainstreaming disability into the FRESH Agenda
This booklet, prepared for the Partnership for Child Development introduces the principles and reccomendations for making school health and nutrition programs accessible …
Towards an AIDS-Free Generation: Promoting community-based strategies for and with children and adolescents with disabilities (UNICEF, 2012)
Towards an AIDS-FREE Generation: Promoting community-based strategies for and with children and adolescents with disabilities Written by Sergio Meresman Published by UNICEF …
The battle for privacy when you are 15 and deaf
In a recent workshop in Tierra del Fuego (Argentina) I asked a group of deaf young people to identify one single issue where they and other deaf people …