{"id":146,"date":"2019-12-09T08:02:07","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T13:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/?page_id=146"},"modified":"2025-01-24T10:51:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T15:51:01","slug":"position-statements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/?page_id=146","title":{"rendered":"Position Statements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The World Blind Union produces position statements regularly about current issues of concern to blind and partially sighted persons. Download the WBU position papers below (word documents).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/worldblindunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2024-WBU-ICEVI-Joint-Position-Statement-Early-Childhood-Development.docx\">Early Childhood Development-Joint Position Statement-WBU-ICEVI<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/worldblindunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Joint-position-statement-Education-in-Emergencies_WBU-ICEVI.docx\">Education in Emergencies &#8211; Joint position statement WBU-ICEVI<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/worldblindunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Joint-position-statement-Digital-classrooms_WBU-ICEVI.docx\">Digital classrooms &#8211; Joint position statment WBU-ICEVI<\/a><\/li>\n<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/worldblindunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/WBU-Position-Statement-on-electric-scooters.docx\">Electric scooters<\/a> <\/u><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/worldblindunion.org\/statement-on-accessible-air-travel\/\"><u>Accessible Air Travel<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/worldblindunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Access-to-Culture-and-Arts.doc\">Access to Culture and Arts<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/worldblindunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Access-to-Information.doc\">Access to Information<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/worldblindunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/WBU-ICEVI-Braille-Literacy-Position-Statement-2016-eng1.docx\">Braille Literacy<\/a> <\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/worldblindunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Community-Based-Rehabilitation.doc\">Community-Based Rehabilitation<\/a> <\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/worldblindunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Employment.doc\">Employment<\/a> <\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/worldblindunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Hybrid-Quiet-Vehicles-Position-Statement.doc\">Hybrid-Quiet Vehicles<\/a> <\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/worldblindunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Shared-Spaces-Position-Statement.doc\">Shared Spaces<\/a> <\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/worldblindunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Accessible-Notes-and-Coins-rev-2015.doc\">Accessible Notes and Coins<\/a> <\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/worldblindunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Advocacy-and-Campaigning.doc\">Advocacy and Campaigning<\/a> <\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/worldblindunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Blind-People-and-Voting-Methods.doc\">Blind People and Voting Methods<\/a> <\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/worldblindunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Status-of-the-White-Cane.doc\">Status of the White Cane<\/a> <\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/worldblindunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Universal-Design.doc\">Universal Design<\/a> <\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/worldblindunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Universal-Postal-Union-Rules-Updates-Regarding-Free-Post-for-the-Blind.doc\">Universal Postal Union Rules Updates Regarding Free Post for the Blind<\/a> <\/u><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The World Blind Union produces position statements regularly about current issues of concern to blind and partially sighted persons. Download the WBU position papers below (word documents). Early Childhood Development-Joint Position Statement-WBU-ICEVI Education in Emergencies &#8211; Joint position statement WBU-ICEVI Digital classrooms &#8211; Joint position statment WBU-ICEVI Electric scooters Accessible Air Travel Access to Culture&#8230; <a class=\"view-article\" href=\"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/?page_id=146\">View Article<\/a>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":33,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"DefaultContentPage.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","advanced-sidebar-menu\/link-title":"","advanced-sidebar-menu\/exclude-page":false},"class_list":["post-146","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=146"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5787,"href":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/146\/revisions\/5787"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}