Communication Bill of Rights

A symbolised version of the bill to ensure that everyone has access to the information required to have their voice heard

Many people have communication challenges or communicate in alternative ways. Society is beginning to appreciate that communication is a basic human right, envisioning a world in which people’s voices are heard and valued equitably. A world of true inclusion.

Communication is included as a basic human right within the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and for all children within Article 13 of the Convention of the Rights of the Child.

In 2006, the United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. It reaffirms the human rights and freedoms of all people with all types of disabilities. Communication is included as a human right (Article 21).

The first Communication Bill of Rights was published in America in 1995 and revised in 2016. It ensures the basic rights of people with disabilities to use communication to take part in managing their own lives.

Widgit believes that these Communication Rights apply to all individuals across the world and not just in the United States of America. We have therefore, produced a symbolised version of the Communication Bill of Rights to ensure that everyone has access to the information required to have their voice heard.

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