Med Lagen som Verktyg

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Introduction
Questions and Answers
Where to get more information
Brokerage Schemes
Questions you could ask an agency

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Joe Bollard: In the last week of September 2003 people with disabilities from all over Europe converged on Strasbourg. The idea, to march to the European parliament building. This event formed part of the European initiative towards the promotion of Independent Living for people with disabilities. The Strasbourg Freedom Drive as it was called saw the largest ever number of people with disabilities to converge on the European Parliament.

The Independent Living Program movement was created by the disabled community. It has established a broad coalition of diverse disabilities functioning to provide services on a broader scale than has been traditionally offered by the rehabilitation community. The effectiveness and the strength of the movement lies in consumer control. The able-bodied professional can provide expertise, balance and a vital link with established rehabilitation programs. The integrity of the independent living program movement can only be maintained and developed if these basic concepts are respected.

Sundby mentalsjukhus - helt slutet från samhället utanför - ett program om hur det var att bli intagen för mentalvård på 1980-talet i Sverige. 2004. Lyssna-MP3 (29:28 minuter, 27,6 MB), lyssna-RealAudio, download-RealAudio (13,7 MB). Programmet i text.

www.independentliving.org/video

See www.independentliving.org/25yearsdocumentation

Deltagare:
Lotti Filipsson, Annette Lundborg, Gella Åström, Barbara Slånhammar,
Eva Stubbendorff, Karin Holmgren, Anette Jönsson och Clas Malmberg
Intervjuer och research:
Sybille Neveling.

SPEAKER (S): Du lyssnar på Radio Independent Living. "Finns det gudinnor som är funktionshindrade?" är ett program om teater och 'empowerment'. Vi tittar in bakom kulisserna hos Fridakursen i Stockholm och Moomsteatern i Malmö.

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Se www.independentliving.org/radio/mediebilden-av-funktionshinde.mp3

SPEAKER (S): Du lyssnar på Radio Independent Living. ”Det är samma här, men det är olika” är ett program om hur det kan vara att komma till Sverige som man med funktionshinder från Mellanöstern

KHOUDADAD BAHRAMI (KB): Det är samma här. Här finns också. Fördomar finns men skillnaden här vet folk att handikappade människor vill vara självständiga. För det finns möjligheter. Men där har man inte det. Annars finns fördomar här också. Det är samma här men det är olika. Det finns skillnader.

”Partnerskap – det är snyggt, men svårt” är ett program om möjligheter och svårigheter i biståndsarbete. 2004-04. Lyssna-MP3 (28:57, 27,2 MB). Internet publication URLs: www.independentliving.org/radio/bistand2003.mp3 och www.independentliving.org/radio/bistand2003.html

Sverige ger mindre än en procent av bruttonationalprodukten i internationellt bistånd. En del av detta kanaliseras genom den svenska folkrörelsen. Aktiva handikapporganisationer bedriver biståndsprojekt via SHIA, Svenska Handikapporganisationers Internationella Biståndsförening.

 Ge oss makt inte medlidande är ett program/podcast om STIL och kampen för personlig assistans. 2004-04. Lyssna-MP3 (28:21 minuter, 26,6 MB).

Stockholmskooperativet för Independent Living är resultatet av ett litet antal individers kamp för personlig assistans i mitten på nittonhundraåttiotalet. Personlig assistans är, i motsats till hemtjänst eller boendeservice, en service knuten till den enskilde själv. Den som behöver assistans bestämmer själv vem som ska assisterar med vad; när det ska göras och hur.

According to legislation from 11 February 1980, No. 18, (in Italian: http://pc-belli.idg.fi.cnr.it/vipdn/80N00180.htm) people with severe disabilities may be entitled to "indennità di accompagnamento". This is an allowance of about $475 U.S. a month and the user directly pays the personal assistant(s) of his/her choice. With this money it is possible to have 50-60 hours of personal assistance a month.

The main law regarding people with disabilities in Italy is from 5 February 1992, No. 104 (in Italian: http://pc-belli.idg.fi.cnr.it/vipdn/92N01040.htm):

Dear Friends: We write to you because we believe certain persons and organizations who claim to speak for persons with disabilities may have seriously misrepresented the views of many of us.

Public attention in recent years has focused on issues surrounding end-of-life care. We believe this is all to the good. Death, like birth, is part of the life process, neither to be feared nor denied. In truth, the end of life can be a time of expressing and sharing love, forgiveness and thankfulness. We believe end-of-life choices are a private matter. Interest groups, legislators, judges, and publicity-seekers have no business interfering with the decision-making autonomy of the dying patient.

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Mr. Batavia is Associate Professor, School of Policy and Management, College of Urban and Public Affairs, Florida International University, North Miami, Florida.

Report of the CIB Expert Seminar on Building Non-Handicapping Environments, Harare 1992

Accessible, adaptable low-cost housing in Egypt

Dr. Safaa M. Issa Abdou, Development & Popular Housing Co., Cairo, Egypt

Contents

Introduction

Architecture is a measure of society's advancement or retardation and a record of nations' civilization. Man is civilization's creator and its primary architect who set its foundations and raised its magnificent, tall edifices. And for Man there has always been the pursuit of civilization, freedom and equality.

Prof. Colin Barnes, Disability Research Unit, Leeds, UK

In England we have a strong and vibrant disability people’s movement which in many ways preceded the development of Disabled People’s International (DPI). The British Council of Organisations of Disabled People (BCODP) was actually formed so that it could be represented at and participate in the first DPI conference in 1981. The driving force behind much of the work initiated within the British movement was done by a disabled South African man, Vic Finkelstein.

Report of the CIB Expert Seminar on Building Non-Handicapping Environments, Budapest 1991

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Waste disposal in the household - recycling systems for everyone

Erik & Tina Bahn, Arkitekterne Bahn, Danish Building Development Board, Denmark

Copyright © The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (TASH) - Disability Advocacy Worldwide 1997

WHEREAS, the U.S. Supreme Court has determined that assisted suicide is not a constitutional right, but is an issue to be decided by the states; and

WHEREAS, bills to legalize physician-assisted suicide are currently pending before state legislatures; and

WHEREAS, no bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide applies to all citizens equally, but singles out individuals based on their health status in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act; and