History

Miles, M. 2009-06. "Deaf People, Sign Language and Communication, in Ottoman and Modern Turkey: Observations and Excerpts from 1300 to 2009. From sources in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Latin and Turkish, with introduction and some annotation." Internet publication URL: www.independentliving.org/miles200907.html

Sources and texts are introduced and quoted, identifying deaf men and women through more than 700 years of Turkish history, and sign language through 500 years, continuing to the present.

by Adolf D. Ratzka, PhD (1), 2003

Contents

1. Origins of the movement in Sweden

1.1. The situation of persons with disabilities in Sweden in the 1980s

The movement of persons with disabilities

1.2. “Folkhem” revisited

Preparing the ground

1.3. The 1983 Conference on Independent Living

1.4. STIL’s proposal

Keynote at the Expert Seminar
organized by the Hampshire Center for Independent Living
in Southampton, May 30 -31 1998

by Philip Mason

I am privileged and overawed to be the first speaker in this conference. A conference which is looking at the future in respect of those well known phrases 'Independent Living' and 'Direct Payments'. It is a privilege and also a responsibility because I need to strike the right note. I need to encourage but also to challenge.

So where do we start? Do we talk about the past; look at the present, and then think about the future?

We ought to do a little bit of all three and it is my job to start the ball rolling.

Se www.independentliving.org/docs3/stil1993.html#13

25 år av Independent Living i Sverige

Panel: Independent Living utomlands - internationella perspektiv,
anförande av Kalle Könkkölä 08.11.28

En Tröskeln till framtiden

25 years of Independent Living in Sweden

Panel: Independent Living abroad - global perspectives,

Mentalsjukhusen ska förpassas till historiens skräpkammare - ett program om Riksförbundet för Social och Mental Hälsa och avvecklingen av de psykiatriska institutionerna. 2004. Lyssna-MP3 (29:38 minuter, 27,8 MB), lyssna-RealAudio, download-RealAudio (13,9 MB). Programmet i text.