On average, deaf children are exceedingly more vulnerable to sexual abuse than hearing children. Further, the institutions mandated to deal with child sexual abuse cases are poorly equipped to handle cases involving Deaf children. Moreover, advocacy materials on child protection addressing Deaf children are practically non-existent. The above mentioned facts have propelled Stairway to extend our advocacy efforts to the Deaf community putting special attention on the protection of Deaf children.
With the help of De La Salle College of Saint Benilde - School for Deaf Education and Applied Studies, as well as the US Peace Corp, we have now provided our CSAEP animation toolkits with sign language video insets. This undertaking represents a huge leap forward in terms of investing in protection of a particularly vulnerable minority of special children with physical challenges. This monumental development will not only benefit Deaf children in the Philippines, but it will surely spread to other parts of the South- and Southeast Asian Region.
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