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RightsNow! Guatemala disability leaders panel
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Silvia Yee (DREDF) discusses the Americans with Disabilities Act
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Leslie Leal (Asociación Fraternidad de Personas con Discapacidad) asks a question during RightsNow! training in Guatemala City
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Claudia Center (ACLU) explaining key elements of the Americans with Disabilities Act
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María del Carmen Herrera Gallardo (Association for Culture and Sports) contrasts the current U.S. and Guatemala disability context
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Cover of the RightsNow! Guatemala training folders
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Silvia Yee (DREDF) gives a brief overview of U.S. disability rights history
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Flor de Maria Salazar (LEGIS) discusses the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities within the Guatemalan legal context
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Josue Canu argues for organizational and programmatic inclusion of people with disabilities who are between homes and/or dealing with issues of poverty
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Dr. Marco Tulio Escobar of the Discrimination Office, Public Ministry of Guatemala, presents legal concepts of discrimination
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Cross-disability working group analyses examples of disability discrimination
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Zilpa Arriola (CONADI) asks the group to engage in an ice-breaking activity across disability types
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Deaf participant (Olivia Jerez--standing, facing the camera) and blind participant (Sergio Mijangos--seated at left) communicate through a sign language interpreter (standing at right)
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Participants with different disabilities use sign language interpreters and technology to communicate
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Rosa Magaly Davila Yaeggy (El Colectivo) presents on strategies to enforce laws on accessible public transportation
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Serio Mijangos (Guatemala National Association of the Blind) discusses assistive technology
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María del Carmen Herrera (standing with a certificate) receives her certification of completion of RightsNow! training from Magaly Davila (seated in a wheelchair)
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Dawn Suni, Public Diplomacy Officer at U.S. Embassy in Guatemala, opens the RightsNow! disability law capacity training, June 2, 2017
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Edgar Leonel Tzun Puac (Asociación Civil no Lucrativa de Sordos de Quetzaltenango) notes the importance of sign language recognition in Guatemala
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Silvia Quan (El Colectivo) presents on reasonable accommodations
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Disability leaders with different disabilities prepare for the law capacity training, June 2, 2017
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Disability leaders, parent advocates, lawyers, and government representatives discuss a potential case of disability discrimination
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Julio Roberto Bamaca (ASORGUA) comments on the quality of the week of disability rights training
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RightsNow! participants with different disabilities gather for a group photo
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RightsNow! participants and trainers