For the International
Survey of Personal Assistance Schemes
by Adolf Ratzka, July 1998, a personal assistance user entitled
to 15 hrs/day under LASS,
e-mail address admin@independentliving.org
The Legislative Basis is the Law LASS (Lagen om Assistansersättning)
of 1994
The purpose is to enable persons with extensive disabilities to have a "good
quality of life", that is, to become more independent from their families,
move out of institutions and become productive citizens. The law was inspired
by the Swedish Independent Living Movement.