Med Lagen som Verktyg https://www.independentliving.org/mlsv/ratzka.html en In Search of Links: Overview of the State of Research on Disability, Migration, Employment and Health https://www.independentliving.org/docs7/Overview-Research-Disability-Migration-Employment-Health-2024.html <span class="biblio-authors"><a href="/library.html?f%5Bauthor%5D=610" rel="nofollow">Fipper, Catalina</a>, <a href="/library.html?f%5Bauthor%5D=611" rel="nofollow">Hölter Nelly</a></span>.&nbsp; 2024.&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="biblio-title"><a href="/docs7/Overview-Research-Disability-Migration-Employment-Health-2024.html">In Search of Links: Overview of the State of Research on Disability, Migration, Employment and Health</a>. </span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rft.title=In+Search+of+Links%3A%C2%A0Overview+of+the+State+of+Research+on+Disability%2C+Migration%2C+Employment+and+Health&amp;rft.date=2024&amp;rft.aulast=Fipper&amp;rft.aufirst=Catalina&amp;rft.au=H%C3%B6lter%2C+Nelly"></span><div class="form-item form-type-item"> <label>Language </label> English </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><em>Catalina Fipper and Nelly Hölter<br />Master Students in Ethnic and Migration Studies at Linköping University, Sweden.</em></p></div></div></div> Tue, 23 Jan 2024 11:15:02 +0000 Philip 388126 at https://www.independentliving.org Equality Policy and Systematic Work Environment Management https://www.independentliving.org/equality-policy.html <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h2>1.0 Workplace Environment Policy</h2> <p>ILI is committed to adhering to all applicable work environment legislation to maximise equality of all including among others women, persons with disability and those with migration background (see point 4). ILI is continuously improving the workplace both organizationally, socially, and physically for the integration of all.</p></div></div></div><div class="form-item form-type-item"> <label>Language </label> English </div> Sun, 14 Jan 2024 23:00:00 +0000 Philip 388344 at https://www.independentliving.org Personal assistance in Sweden https://www.independentliving.org/drd/PA-in-Sweden2023.html <span class="biblio-authors"><a href="/library.html?f%5Bauthor%5D=517" rel="nofollow">Smaaland, Jessica</a></span>.&nbsp; 2023.&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="biblio-title"><a href="/drd/PA-in-Sweden2023.html">Personal assistance in Sweden</a>. </span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rft.title=Personal+assistance+in+Sweden&amp;rft.date=2023&amp;rft.aulast=Smaaland&amp;rft.aufirst=Jessica"></span><div class="form-item form-type-item"> <label>Language </label> English </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>In Sweden there are changes in the law being viewed for personal assistance. One change that is now on the table is to make the state solely responsible for personal assistance and not as it is today – a division between the state and the municipalities.</p> <p>In March, results were presented from an investigation suggesting that personal assistance should be entirely decided and paid for by the state. This is something that the Swedish cooperative STIL has been lobbying for a long time. If this proposal were to go through, those people who currently have their personal assistance granted by the municipality will be transferred to the Swedish Försäkringskassan, or the national authority.</p></div></div></div> Tue, 26 Sep 2023 14:03:06 +0000 algren 367982 at https://www.independentliving.org Disability Defenders Network’s Newsletter - The development of personal assistance in Scotland https://www.independentliving.org/drd/development-personal-assistance-Scotland.html <span class="biblio-authors"><a href="/library.html?f%5Bauthor%5D=594" rel="nofollow">Elder-Woodward, Jim</a></span>.&nbsp; 2023.&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="biblio-title"><a href="/drd/development-personal-assistance-Scotland.html">Disability Defenders Network’s Newsletter - The development of personal assistance in Scotland</a>. </span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rft.title=Disability+Defenders+Network%E2%80%99s+Newsletter+-+The+development+of+personal+assistance+in+Scotland&amp;rft.date=2023&amp;rft.aulast=Elder-Woodward&amp;rft.aufirst=Jim"></span><div class="form-item form-type-item"> <label>Language </label> English </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h2>Project 81</h2> <p>As with the USA, the concept of disabled people controlling their own support system started with a small group of disabled people being given money to employ their own personal assistants to live a fulfilling life in the community. But this time the group were not university students, but residents of a residential home in Hampshire, England. Project 81, the International Year of People with Disabilities, appealed to the right-wing neoliberal government at that time, which favoured self-help and self-responsibility for one’s own welfare. Here, disabled people were being taken from dependency on others in expensive care homes, to the independence of their self-directed support in the community.</p> <p> </p></div></div></div> Tue, 26 Sep 2023 13:59:11 +0000 algren 367981 at https://www.independentliving.org The struggle for a PA law in Poland https://www.independentliving.org/drd/struggle-PA-law-in-Poland.html <span class="biblio-authors"><a href="/library.html?f%5Bauthor%5D=609" rel="nofollow">Orylski, Lukasz</a></span>.&nbsp; 2023.&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="biblio-title"><a href="/drd/struggle-PA-law-in-Poland.html">The struggle for a PA law in Poland</a>. </span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rft.title=The+struggle+for+a+PA+law+in+Poland&amp;rft.date=2023&amp;rft.aulast=Orylski&amp;rft.aufirst=Lukasz"></span><div class="form-item form-type-item"> <label>Language </label> English </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>In 2012, the Polish parliament, which had a majority of the centrist parties, ratified the CRPD. Despite this, nothing was done to make personal assistance available and regulated at central level. Until 2019, this kind of support was mainly organised only in Poland's largest cities. This was done by NGOs, not controlled by persons with disabilities. The services were funded by European Union funds or city budgets. A report prepared by independent researchers, commissioned by the government's Office for Persons with Disabilities shows that between 2016 and 2020, personal assistance was not implemented fully in accordance with the CRPD and General Comment 5 anywhere in Poland. There was a lack of regulations specifying in which activities the assistant could support the service user. Interruptions in the implementation of services, even lasting several months, were frequent. The users could not decide who would become their personal assistant. Service hour limits were not tailored to individual service users' needs. Children and young people were not able to access personal assistants. In practice, people living in rural areas and small towns were not able to access these services.</p></div></div></div> Tue, 26 Sep 2023 13:47:41 +0000 algren 367980 at https://www.independentliving.org The Development of Personal Assistance in Malta: Moving closer to independent living through a practical and phased approach https://www.independentliving.org/drd/Development-Personal-Assistance-Malta.html <span class="biblio-authors"><a href="/library.html?f%5Bauthor%5D=608" rel="nofollow">Farrugia, Mauro</a></span>.&nbsp; 2023.&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="biblio-title"><a href="/drd/Development-Personal-Assistance-Malta.html">The Development of Personal Assistance in Malta: Moving closer to independent living through a practical and phased approach</a>. </span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rft.title=The+Development+of+Personal+Assistance+in+Malta%3A+Moving+closer+to+independent+living+through+a+practical+and+phased+approach&amp;rft.date=2023&amp;rft.aulast=Farrugia&amp;rft.aufirst=Mauro"></span><div class="form-item form-type-item"> <label>Language </label> English </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Malta small’s size lends itself ideal to implement changes; word travels fast, unlike the propensity to challenge the status quo. Along the years, Malta’s disability rights movement has been sporadic, often led by parents who placed most of their concerns on what happens to their sons and daughters once they pass away. The charity model was at the forefront, with the Church opening a number of larger residential institutions. Whilst a stance that was much needed at the time, when persons with disabilities were kept hidden from society, it remains a dominant perspective to this day, with institutions generally perceived as essential and beneficial.</p></div></div></div> Tue, 26 Sep 2023 13:43:32 +0000 algren 367979 at https://www.independentliving.org Personal Assistance: What's the current situation in Finland? https://www.independentliving.org/drd/current-situation-Finland-2023.html <span class="biblio-authors"><a href="/library.html?f%5Bauthor%5D=607" rel="nofollow">Purhonen, Sanni</a></span>.&nbsp; 2023.&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="biblio-title"><a href="/drd/current-situation-Finland-2023.html">Personal Assistance: What's the current situation in Finland?</a> </span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rft.title=Personal+Assistance%3A+What%26%23039%3Bs+the+current+situation+in+Finland%3F&amp;rft.date=2023&amp;rft.aulast=Purhonen&amp;rft.aufirst=Sanni"></span><div class="form-item form-type-item"> <label>Language </label> English </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><img src="https://www.independentliving.org/files/SanniPurhonen_500x553.jpg" alt="Sanni Purhonen" width="155" height="171" /></p> <p>As you know there are different ways of organizing personal assistance in the Finnish model: purchase service, service voucher and an employer model. The Threshold Association favours especially the employer model, because it provides the best starting point for the independent living. Personal assistance has been a subjective right for the disabled people in Finland since 2009.</p></div></div></div> Tue, 26 Sep 2023 13:41:13 +0000 algren 367978 at https://www.independentliving.org The history of the adoption of the Personal Assistance Law in Bulgaria and its subsequent controversial effect - 2009-2023 https://www.independentliving.org/drd/Personal-Assistance-Law-Bulgaria.html <span class="biblio-authors"><a href="/library.html?f%5Bauthor%5D=606" rel="nofollow">Nikolov, Mitko</a></span>.&nbsp; 2023.&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="biblio-title"><a href="/drd/Personal-Assistance-Law-Bulgaria.html">The history of the adoption of the Personal Assistance Law in Bulgaria and its subsequent controversial effect - 2009-2023</a>. </span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rft.title=The+history+of+the+adoption+of+the+Personal+Assistance+Law+in+Bulgaria+and+its+subsequent+controversial+effect+-+2009-2023&amp;rft.date=2023&amp;rft.aulast=Nikolov&amp;rft.aufirst=Mitko"></span><div class="form-item form-type-item"> <label>Language </label> English </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><img src="https://www.independentliving.org/files/MitkoNikolov_497x600.jpg" alt="Mitko Nikolov" width="250" height="246" /></p> <p>The Law on Personal Assistance (PAA) was adopted in Bulgaria in 2018 after a long struggle by several groups of people with disabilities. An initial initiative was the Center for Independent Life (CIL) - a non-governmental organization of disabled people with over 20 years of expertise in protecting the rights of disabled people and their empowerment. In 2009, a group of people with severe physical disabilities, with the support of lawyers, studied the European and world experience and, especially that of Sweden and Norway, and developed a draft of the PAA. In it, they combined the best practices from the experience of other countries and complied with the current Bulgarian legal norms.</p> </div></div></div> Tue, 26 Sep 2023 13:31:03 +0000 algren 367977 at https://www.independentliving.org Establishing a Nordic Competence Centre on Personal Assistance https://www.independentliving.org/drd/Nordic-Competence-Centre-on-Personal-Assistance.html <span class="biblio-authors"><a href="/library.html?f%5Bauthor%5D=605" rel="nofollow">Skogseth, Egil Gullestad</a></span>.&nbsp; 2023.&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="biblio-title"><a href="/drd/Nordic-Competence-Centre-on-Personal-Assistance.html">Establishing a Nordic Competence Centre on Personal Assistance</a>. </span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rft.title=Establishing+a+Nordic+Competence+Centre+on+Personal+Assistance&amp;rft.date=2023&amp;rft.aulast=Skogseth&amp;rft.aufirst=Egil"></span><div class="form-item form-type-item"> <label>Language </label> English </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><img src="https://www.independentliving.org/files/EgilGullestadSkogseth_604x453.jpg" alt="Initiator: Vibeke Marøy Melstrøm in Uloba has invited other Nordic independent living organisations to co-found the new competence centre on personal assistance. From left to right: Jonas Franksson and Jessica Smaaland from STIL, Erna Eiríksdóttir from NPA, and Laila Bakke and Egil G. Skogseth from Uloba" width="250" height="188" /></p> <p>Nordic independent living organisations join forces to systematically exchange documentation and the development of the situation of personal assistance in each country. This way trends and threats can be identified in order to organise counter activity.</p> <p>Iceland, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, and Norway have similar welfare states, and have all ratified The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). In the Nordic Council and other fora, Nordic politicians exchange ideas on political reforms on issues such as personal assistance (PA). Governmental investigations and policy papers on PA in Norway and Sweden compare PA in the Nordic countries.</p></div></div></div> Tue, 26 Sep 2023 13:04:01 +0000 algren 367949 at https://www.independentliving.org Disability Rights Defenders Newsletter September 2023 https://www.independentliving.org/drd/newsletter-2023-09.html <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><img style="margin-right: 20px; margin-left: 20px; float: right;" title="DRD-Logo" src="https://www.independentliving.org/files/201810_DRD_Logo.jpg" alt="DRD-Logo" width="220" height="156" />Welcome to this fall edition of the newsletter for the network of Disability Rights Defenders. The newsletter is a collection of articles on personal assistance in Europe with both the understanding of personal assistance, development and hinders in development. Accounts have been given by members of ENIL - the European Network on Independent Living.</p> <h2>Contents:</h2> <ul style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> <li><a href="https://www.independentliving.org/drd/personal-assistance-what-should-personal-assistance-look-like.html">Personal Assistance - What should personal assistance look like? - Teodor Mladenov</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.independentliving.org/drd/Peer-support-and-independent-living.html">Peer support and independent living - Alessandra Grotta and Kamil Goungor</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.independentliving.org/drd/Nordic-Competence-Centre-on-Personal-Assistance.html">Establishing a Nordic Competence Centre on Personal Assistance - Egil Gullestad Skogseth</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.independentliving.org/drd/Personal-Assistance-Law-Bulgaria.html">The history of the adoption of the Personal Assistance Law in Bulgaria and its subsequent controversial effect - 2009-2023 -  Mitko Nikolov</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.independentliving.org/drd/current-situation-Finland-2023.html">PA: What's the current situation in Finland? - Sanni Purhonen</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.independentliving.org/drd/Development-Personal-Assistance-Malta.html">The Development of Personal Assistance in Malta: Moving closer to independent living through a practical and phased approach - Mauro Farrugia</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.independentliving.org/drd/struggle-PA-law-in-Poland.html">The struggle for a PA law in Poland - Lukasz Orylski</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.independentliving.org/drd/development-personal-assistance-Scotland.html">Disability Defenders Network’s Newsletter - The development of personal assistance in Scotland - Jim Elder-Woodward</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.independentliving.org/drd/PA-in-Sweden2023.html">Sweden PA in Sweden - Jessica Smaaland</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.independentliving.org/drd/newsletter-2023-09.html#thanks">DRD thanks - Jamie Bolling</a></li> </ul></div></div></div><div class="form-item form-type-item"> <label>Language </label> English </div> Tue, 26 Sep 2023 13:02:27 +0000 algren 367730 at https://www.independentliving.org