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.
Until recently, the disabled have constituted a minority in obscurity. Unlike certain other groups that fall victim to discrimination, the disabled do not comprise a self-contained, close-knit social community. Instead, they populate every social sector, every class, every age group, every ethnic and religious community. And at every level, society has tended to ignore them, believing them incapable of participating in the community, or avoiding them as unpleasant reminders of the fragility of our existence.
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
Independent Living—or Vida Independiente, as it will be called in this article—has grown in Spain via the internet and is now running a pilot project with personal assistance in several urban areas.
Anföranden lördag 29 november 2008, workshop 3 - Av-institutionalisering - ett liv i frihet: Att äga sin bostad - Berättelser från kaptensgatan på råå Patricia Ericsson och Kent Ericsson
Önskemål om byte av bostad Två män på en traditionell gruppbostad i Helsingborg var missnöjda med sin bostad: de ville ha en bostad i ett område med lugnare miljö.
