Independent Living Links in Study and Work Abroad for All - Finland for People with Disabilities

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ABILIS ABILIS is a foundation, which purpose is to give a small seed fund for projects of disabled people in developing countries. http://www.abilis.fi/	2008-07
ABILIS Foundation ABILIS Foundation is a development fund, founded by Finnish disabled people in 1998. We give financial support to organisations of disabled people in the South. http://www.abilis.fi/indexenglish.htm	2008-07
Kynnys ry - Threshold - Independent Living Center in Helsinki Human Rights NGO of People with Disabilities 1. advocacy work to improve legislation 2. peer support and counceling 3. independ living skills trainin for people with disabilities 4. personal assistant training courses for employers http://www.kynnys.fi/	2008-07
STAKES, the National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health STAKES produces information and know-how in the field of welfare and health and forwards them to decision-makers and other actors in the field. As a centre of expertise overseen by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, STAKES bases its functions on research, development and information resources. http://www.stakes.fi/EN/index.htm	2008-06
Threshold Association, Finland The Threshold Association is a human rights organization of disabled people with headquarters in Helsinki. There are about 1,500 members: people with different kinds of disabilites, their allies and non-disabled people. The Association is managed and governed by disabled people themselves. http://www.kynnys.fi/kynnys/english.html	2008-07
Independent Living and Personal Assistant Services in Finland Summary of a paper by Kalle Könkkölä and Gunilla Sjörvall. http://www.disabilityworld.org/01-02_01/il/finland.htm	2008-07