NOTHING ABOUT ME WITHOUT ME

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NOTHING ABOUT ME WITHOUT ME

• PRESENTED BY MIA FARAH

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MIA FARAH

• Hi, my name is Mia Farah.
• I am from Lebanon.

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Thank you

• I would like to say thank you to the UN for
  giving me the chance to come here.
• I went you to know who we are and what we can do
  for our communities.

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We are very slow
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But we can do a lot of things
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With support.

• We can learn.
• We can have jobs.
• We can be active in society.

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Around the world a lot of things are changing.

• We want to be part of this change.

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We have four basic requests.

• 1- We want respect.
• 2 - We want choice.
• 3 - We want participation.
• 4 - We want support.

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First, We want respect.

• Learn to know us as the persons we are.

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Respect our difference.

• Do not call us bad names, this hurts us.
• If you want to talk about us you may say that we
  are slow learners, but
• WE CAN LEARN
• Being slow means that we need more time and help
  to learn..

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Respect our difference.

• I went to school.

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Respect our difference.

• I worked as a teachers aide.

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Respect our difference.

• Now, I am a painter,

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Respect our difference.

• And I am learning how to make films for cinema
  and television.

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Second , we want choice.

• Like the choice of living in our community.

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Choice

• We have the right to be treated like everyone
  else.
• We have the right to go to the same school as our
  brothers or sisters.

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CHOICE

• We love to
• Learn
• Have friends
• Choose where to go
• Choose with whom we want to spend our time.

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Third, we want Participation.

• We have the right to be part of society.

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Participation

• We have a lot of things to say,
• We want to say them
• We would like you to listen to us.

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PARTICIPATION

• We know that we have rights,
• We want to learn about those rights,
• They guarantee us a better quality of life.

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Fourth, we want support.

• We know that we make mistakes but like you we can
  learn from our mistakes.

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SUPPORTWe are slow and we need your support

• To improve
• To love ourselves.

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SUPPORTOur parents need your support too

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• They need to learn about our condition
• They need to learn how to help us better.

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Thank you

• Thank you for listening to me.