The rights that children have in ‘real’ life also apply to their online activity and it is essential that they know and claim them. Inform your students about their rights, such as those of identity, ensuring their physical, mental, emotional and social development, protection from all forms of abuse, medical care and treatment, education, expression of their opinions, religious or other beliefs, access to the media, etc. Disabled people are also entitled to rights such as accessibility, equality, freedom from exploitation, violence and abuse, independent living, mobility, etc. On the website of the Institute of Education Policy (IEP) you can search for programmes aimed at different age groups to work experientially with your students and help them both to learn about their rights and to practice ways of asserting and defending them.
