1 00:00:00,290 --> 00:00:03,559 The Convention for the Rights of People with Disabilities 2 00:00:03,559 --> 00:00:08,758 is a convention that describes many facets of what needs to be done 3 00:00:08,758 --> 00:00:12,591 by state parties to support those who have disabilities. 4 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:39,263 One of our key challenges is really making sure that 5 00:00:39,263 --> 00:00:40,729 authors know what to do. 6 00:00:40,729 --> 00:00:42,930 Because, you know, we can make the most fantastic 7 00:00:42,930 --> 00:00:47,030 tool out there, but there's still a need for authors 8 00:00:47,030 --> 00:00:49,312 who are creating content to do the right thing with that 9 00:00:49,312 --> 00:00:54,412 information and to provide equivalence for visual imagery 10 00:00:54,412 --> 00:00:57,463 to provide structure that can be used by people with 11 00:00:57,463 --> 00:00:59,079 a variety of disabilities. 12 00:00:59,079 --> 00:01:02,745 And education is really a key issue for making sure 13 00:01:02,745 --> 00:01:05,245 that can happen. 14 00:01:06,983 --> 00:01:10,281 Now, if you've got a company like ANZ Bank 15 00:01:10,281 --> 00:01:12,049 down in Melbourne, Austraila 16 00:01:12,049 --> 00:01:13,432 it resonates very well with them. 17 00:01:13,432 --> 00:01:14,732 They've got an accessibility policy. 18 00:01:14,732 --> 00:01:16,331 They're executing on that policy. 19 00:01:16,331 --> 00:01:18,849 And doing as much as they can to make their websites 20 00:01:18,849 --> 00:01:19,665 accessible. 21 00:01:19,665 --> 00:01:22,916 In some other company's case, there...honestly, 22 00:01:22,916 --> 00:01:24,114 is indifference. 23 00:01:24,114 --> 00:01:28,682 There's the mindset that, "Gosh, would blind people 24 00:01:28,682 --> 00:01:31,831 come buy my stuff, and, uh... I don't even know any 25 00:01:31,831 --> 00:01:32,633 blind people." 26 00:01:32,633 --> 00:01:33,382 So, it really varies. 27 00:01:33,382 --> 00:01:36,100 That's where, in the private sector, we certainly have 28 00:01:36,100 --> 00:01:38,831 a responsibility to continue to raise awareness 29 00:01:38,831 --> 00:01:42,498 with customers as to the business value of accessibility. 30 00:01:47,313 --> 00:01:50,300 I think it's not just a matter of legislation. 31 00:01:50,300 --> 00:01:54,535 It's implementing the legislation... abiding by the 32 00:01:54,535 --> 00:02:03,268 legislation by people, by governments, by citizens, by businesses. 33 00:02:03,268 --> 00:02:04,334 This is the main issue. 34 00:02:04,334 --> 00:02:07,202 You can have a lot of legislation, but 35 00:02:07,202 --> 00:02:10,368 it could be useless if it's not applied. 36 00:02:10,368 --> 00:02:13,452 Logically speaking, governments will not care about 37 00:02:13,452 --> 00:02:18,183 disabled people and help those disabled people 38 00:02:18,183 --> 00:02:23,202 unless it's a matter of culture... a matter of priorities. 39 00:02:23,202 --> 00:02:28,601 If people, if countries, don't have weapons there will 40 00:02:28,601 --> 00:02:29,469 be no wars. 41 00:02:29,469 --> 00:02:34,267 That's my own personal point of view. 42 00:02:37,875 --> 00:02:39,679 And, unfortunately, nobody tackles this issue 43 00:02:39,679 --> 00:02:46,063 whether here at the Conference of Disabilities, or any 44 00:02:46,063 --> 00:02:49,462 conference about disabilities, you don't tackle the issue 45 00:02:49,462 --> 00:02:53,378 of disabled people due to wars. 46 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:58,631 And they don't connect between wars and weapons 47 00:02:58,631 --> 00:03:03,596 and, at the same time, you do not connect between 48 00:03:03,596 --> 00:03:07,012 weapons and business 49 00:03:07,828 --> 00:03:10,949 and how it creates weapons 50 00:03:10,949 --> 00:03:12,833 internationally and locally. 51 00:03:19,772 --> 00:03:22,306 Chile signed it and ratified the convention in 52 00:03:22,306 --> 00:03:26,440 2008; and, since that time, we start working in 53 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:32,272 adapt... all our law... to accomplish the convention. 54 00:03:32,272 --> 00:03:36,408 So, that's why in 2010, we issue a new law 55 00:03:37,746 --> 00:03:39,578 for equal opportunities and inclusion of people 56 00:03:39,578 --> 00:03:40,796 with disability. 57 00:03:40,796 --> 00:03:46,312 And that law, the National Service for Disabled People, was created. 58 00:03:46,312 --> 00:03:48,613 So, the service I am in charge of 59 00:03:48,613 --> 00:03:51,495 we decided, as government, to start working in the 60 00:03:51,495 --> 00:03:52,412 public sector. 61 00:03:52,412 --> 00:03:56,445 We are working for a couple of big study to know 62 00:03:56,445 --> 00:03:59,847 how many people with disability are today employed in 63 00:03:59,847 --> 00:04:03,029 the government and what the condition is 64 00:04:03,029 --> 00:04:05,021 because, many times in my country, people doesn't 65 00:04:05,267 --> 00:04:09,675 want to say that they have disability because they feel like 66 00:04:09,675 --> 00:04:11,291 they're going to be discriminated. 67 00:04:11,291 --> 00:04:14,342 So, they're are a lot of people that maybe they are 68 00:04:14,342 --> 00:04:18,625 working for so long in different institution, but 69 00:04:18,625 --> 00:04:20,642 we don't know they have disability. 70 00:04:20,642 --> 00:04:22,509 And that means that, probably, they needs some 71 00:04:22,509 --> 00:04:26,991 special (Chet: off - camera, "accommodation") 72 00:04:26,991 --> 00:04:27,708 Yeah. 73 00:04:27,708 --> 00:04:29,074 And we didn't do it because we don't know. 74 00:04:29,074 --> 00:04:31,642 And now we are doing this study and we're going 75 00:04:31,642 --> 00:04:34,225 to finish in January. 76 00:04:34,225 --> 00:04:37,725 We'll see how the government and the whole country 77 00:04:37,725 --> 00:04:40,991 how many people are working, and then we're going 78 00:04:40,991 --> 00:04:47,809 to get our own data base information, 79 00:04:47,809 --> 00:04:50,541 and from that, we're going to put ourselves 80 00:04:50,541 --> 00:04:54,592 some difference scores... we're going to try to increase 81 00:04:54,592 --> 00:04:56,941 the number of people of disabilities working with us. 82 00:04:56,941 --> 00:05:00,425 And, with that, we want to show to the private sector 83 00:05:00,425 --> 00:05:02,625 how they can do the same. 84 00:05:09,287 --> 00:05:13,035 So, over the last 30 to 40 years, there's been a great 85 00:05:13,035 --> 00:05:16,151 wealth of experience that we've gain 86 00:05:16,151 --> 00:05:18,218 through our laws and through the strengthening 87 00:05:18,218 --> 00:05:20,252 of our civil society. 88 00:05:20,252 --> 00:05:21,584 These are very positive things 89 00:05:21,584 --> 00:05:25,384 that, when we travel abroad, or even when we're 90 00:05:25,384 --> 00:05:28,668 working with people in our communities in the United States 91 00:05:28,668 --> 00:05:31,951 who maybe immigrants from other countries where 92 00:05:31,951 --> 00:05:32,868 they didn't have Rights. 93 00:05:32,868 --> 00:05:36,585 It's important to help people understand 94 00:05:36,585 --> 00:05:40,467 why are legislation is important and how it can work. 95 00:05:40,467 --> 00:05:44,235 As I said, we have many people in the United States 96 00:05:44,235 --> 00:05:45,369 who come from other countries 97 00:05:45,369 --> 00:05:48,319 where the governments were very repressive 98 00:05:48,319 --> 00:05:51,369 and where families and disabled people 99 00:05:51,369 --> 00:05:55,935 and others never really understand what their rights are 100 00:05:55,935 --> 00:05:58,600 under our law now that they are living here. 101 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:00,768 So, I think we have a lot of opportunities 102 00:06:00,768 --> 00:06:01,619 and I think it's really 103 00:06:01,619 --> 00:06:04,586 the responsibility of every body looking at this film 104 00:06:04,586 --> 00:06:06,334 online 105 00:06:06,334 --> 00:06:09,934 to really think about the important role the US can play 106 00:06:09,934 --> 00:06:14,452 in sharing our messages overseas, and what we can 107 00:06:14,452 --> 00:06:17,201 learn from others overseas, and how we can work 108 00:06:17,201 --> 00:06:18,985 with people within the United States 109 00:06:18,985 --> 00:06:21,834 to help advance their Rights also.