In many parts of the world, human rights is often denied for
the voiceless. An example of such violation is the lack of education available
for deaf children and young adults around the world. The barriers that keeps
these potential students from education mostly stems from ignorance rather than
the lack of available technology. Many teachers are not well-trained in sign
language, and a number of parents do not think to let their children go to
school to better their lives. According to the Human Rights Watch’s documented
cases of deaf children and young adults in Nepal, China, and northern Uganda,
many teachers and parents often have the misconception that deaf children are
not intellectually capable enough to learn.
Teaching just sign language—let alone other subjects such as
biology, math, and history—would be enough to improve the lives of deaf people
tremendously as they would now have the power to communicate with other people
and express themselves. This is crucial because without a method of
communication, we would all be deprived the chance to bond with others and thus
be stuck in isolation.
This is the classic case of not using the technology available
for us to advance human rights protection. We can use online education to train
teachers to learn their national sign language or even connect the deaf
students to an educator fluent in sign language across the world to allow those
students to learn. Overall, not using all the available resources including
technology to protect basic human rights would be a violation of human rights
in itself.
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