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Films – Persons with Disabilitites

Paralympics Rights Debate over UN Disabilities Treaty
Source: PBS Learning Media, 2014
Shows conflicting US attitudes about the Disabilities Treaty. Teachers Guide available with discussion questions, background, and writing prompts.
Time: 3 minutes
Grade level: high school – adult
Subject Area: Social Studies, current events 


Realising Rights: Changing Lives Part 1 and Part 1
Producer: Sight Savers
Uses the example of Babul, a blind boy supported to attend a mainstream public school to examine the impact of realizing the right to health. Accompanying Lesson plans for the film available as well as lesson on the right to health.
Time: 19 minutes
Grade Level: Middle school – adult

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