Independent Living Institute

Hemtjänsten kritiseras mer och mer av sina brukare. Klagomålen handlar om kraftiga nedskärningar och kvalitetsförsämringar. Anledningen till dessa brister är att kommunen idag har ett trefaldigt monopol på hemtjänstområdet: som tillsynsmyndighet, som finansiär och som tjänsteproducent. Den bedömer behoven, finansierar och producerar tjänsterna. Ofta förenar en och samma hemvårdsassistent dessa tre funktioner samtidigt. Den enskilde hemtjänstbrukaren står helt maktlös inför en sådan maktkoncentration.

STIL-modellen - maximalt självbestämmande men offentlig finansiering - knyter an till gammal socialdemokratisk tradition. Artikeln skrevs 1990.

INEPENDENT LIVING AND YUGOSLAV* EXPERIENCE

* Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, has been now constituted as State with name Union of Serbia and Monte Negro

by Gordana Rajkov, 2003-03

Center for Independent Living of Serbia,
Presented at the European Network on Independent Living (ENIL) conference in Southampton, England, 7-9 March 2003

(Another presentation at the conference: Belli, Raffaello. 2003-03. "Independent Living and some Italian Experiences.")

SITUATION ANALYSIS

av Julie Ann Racino, Vicedirektör, Berkeley, California

In English

by Julie Ann Racino, Deputy Director, Berkeley, California

På Svenska

The preparation of this report was supported by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), under Cooperative Agreement H133B00003-90 awarded to the Center on Human Policy, Division of Special Education and Rehabilitation, School of Education, Syracuse University. The opinions expressed herein are those solely of the author and do not necessarily reflect the position of the U.S. Department of Education; therefore, no official endorsement should be inferred.

What is important in the disability experience is knowing that you are not alone. There are thousands of persons with disabilities thinking similar thoughts, having similar experiences, and getting angry. We are not alone. We have a history.

Published in Disability & Society, 9 (4), 1994, pages 481-99.

by David Pfeiffer, Ph.D., 1994
Department of Public Management
School of Management
Suffolk University
Boston, MA 02108-2770
USA

NOW AT:
Center on Disability Studies
University of Hawai`i at Manoa
1776 University Ave UA 4-6
Honolulu, HI 96815 USA

Abstract

Within the community of disabled persons in this country there is a division between those concerned with civil rights and those concerned with service delivery. On the one hand, there is the Independent Living Movement which is a necessary fact of life for disabled persons in this country today, whether or not they require the services of an Independent Living center. There is also the Disability Rights Movement which is a necessary for disabled persons in this country today, whether or not they face civil rights violations. Although there is an overlapping membership, persons who identify with the Independent Living Movement are concerned with the provision of services to disabled individuals in order to make them truly independent.

All of us who are disabled try to "hang in there". In my case, the expression has taken on a double meaning.

I have had multiple sclerosis for over 30 years and, as my condition worsened, I foresaw the day when I would need greater assistance with bathroom transfers.

Public lecture on behalf of Strathclyde Centre
for disability research and Glasgow City Council

by Mike Oliver,
Professor of Disability Studies University
of Greenwich 27 April 1999