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Inclusion, Aspirations, Expectations and Rights

The Centre for Children's Rights and the Children's Law Centre are hosting an event on the theme of 'Inclusion, Aspirations, Expectations and Rights'

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Date(s)
June 28, 2024
Location
G26, 6 College Park, Queen’s University Belfast
Time
10:00 - 12:00

This event will focus on the voices and experiences of two young activists with disabilities: one from South Africa and one from Northern Ireland. Chaeli and Aurelia will share their views on the theme of educational inclusion, aspirations, expectations and rights for young people with disabilities.
Chaeli Mycroft is a South African ability activist with cerebral palsy who won the International Children’s Peace Prize in 2011. In 2004 Chaeli (aged 9) co-founded The Chaeli Campaign in Cape Town to raise funds for her motorized wheelchair. It is now a social justice organisation that focuses on inclusion, disability rights advocacy & support.
In 2012, at the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Chicago, she was awarded the Peace Summit Medal for Social Activism on behalf of all Nobel Peace Laureates. She was also awarded the 2013 World of Children Award (Youth category) and 2018 Obama Foundation African Leader. She is the first female quadriplegic to summit Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, the highest free-standing mountain in the world.
Aurelia is a 12-year-old secondary school pupil who has become known for speaking out to ensure inclusive children’s rights-based practices within the education system in Northern Ireland.  Aurelia is a wheelchair user with cerebral palsy who became a client of CLC when she was unable to go to second level education for the first 4 months of term due to failure of public authorities to plan for necessary facilities, staff and equipment.  Aurelia thought about the children with disabilities who came before her in mainstream schools and those who are would come after her and she decided to speak out publicly, saying “I want the government to know my name”. 
If you have any queries contact Prof Bronagh Byrne b.byrne@qub.ac.uk
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