Independent Living Institute

Se www.independentliving.org/docs3/stil1993.html#3

If you think winning a seat in Parliament is difficult for your average Kenyan, ask those with disabilities about their experiences.  The recent elections failed to send any disabled people to the Parliamentary benches, leaving a community of three million disabled Kenyans unrepresented.

That the non government (NGO) industry is a major player in the so called development cannot be over emphasized. That billion of dollars have been channeled into the sector to “wipe out” poverty particularly in poor developing countries is a fact.

How the years fly by!  Once again the UN day for Persons with Disabilities is with us.  On this day 14 years ago the UN General Assembly declared 3rd December an international day to remember and think about people around the world with all forms of disabilities.

Today is a day to think of how disability is a fundamental part of humanity and how people and organizations should constantly think of disabled people when planning and allocating resources. Whether that is happening is the main thrust of this article.

Over the past 14 years significant improvements have been made internationally for disabled people, including throughout Africa, and here in Kenya in particular.

Se www.independentliving.org/docs3/stil1993.html#12

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

Contents

Report of the International Expert Seminar
Building Concept for the Handicapped

Stockholm, Sweden, April 10-12, 1984

Contents

Research Profiles and Strategies

By Prof. Sven Thiberg

Every morning many people throughout the United States start the day with a cup of coffee and the morning newspaper. They do, that is, unless they are blind or severely visually impaired. The National Federation of the Blind has initiated a project which gives promise of making newspapers available on a regular basis to the blind of the nation.

Swedish Code of Statutes SFS 1993:387

Act concerning Support and Service
for Persons with Certain Functional Impairments
passed on 27 May 1993.

På svenska

In accordance with a decision by Parliament, the following is ordained.

Introductory provisions

Section 1. This Act contains provisions relating to measures for special support and special service for those

In English

* Rubrik: Lag (1993:389) om assistansersättning
* Utfärdad: 1993-05-27
* Ändring införd: t.o.m. SFS 1994:1702