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The Madrid Declaration says: |
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The people from media should know more about people with disabilities
and their needs. |
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Journalists need
information about people with learning disability. |
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The Real Live Media Project is Needed: |
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- to write good articles and make good TV or radio programs.
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Good programs or articles tell others that people with learning
disability can work and live independently.
Good TV programs and articles can help a lot! |
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Bad articles or TV programs tell others that people with intellectual
disability need help all the time and that everybody should feel sorry
for them.
Bad TV programs and articles can hurt! |
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- More good information about people with learning disabilities
should be included in the media.
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When the media talk about people with learning
disabilities they should: |
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- Not show people with learning disability as object of pity.
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- Talk about the abilities that people with learning disabilities
have.
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- Talk about the needs that people with learning disabilities
have.
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