Independent Living Institute

STIL SWEDEN
23 May 2003
Jane Campbell

When contemplating the future of Independent Living organisations, we should reflect upon our history, to revisit the principles that have advanced our independence and see if they still hold up today or if it's time to modify them. So let us look for a moment at our rich history of building disabled people's independence.

After 22 years in UK, Mr Ahmed decided to bring his wife and six of his children to join him from their Asian country of origin. His eldest son was twenty years old, the youngest just three. Two daughters were married, and they remained in their country. He hoped the eldest son would find work in UK, and there would be school education for the others. He did not know what could be done for thirteen year old Imran, though he had heard there were special schools for children like him.

"Epileptic."  by  David B., translated by  K. Thompson.  (2005). London: Jonathan Cape.  366 pages.

M. Miles,
 

THE DEAF AFGHAN CHILD ‑ I.

Counsellor:  In the past few weeks we have talked about children and young people with different disabilities. First we looked at the fingers on our hand, and saw that one of them is smaller and weaker than all the others. We do not disregard that one simply because it is small and weak. In the same way, one child out of ten, on average, has some kind of disability, and needs some extra help from its family and the local community. We heard from the parents of one such child who is mentally weaker. They were given advice on how to help their child at home. Those parents will be back in a week or two, to report how they have got along with teaching their child.

By Steven E. Brown, 2007-05-31
Institute on Disability Culture
Center on Disability Studies
University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
Honolulu, HI USA

Introduction

Thank you for inviting me to share perceptions and realities concerning the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). I have been pondering for some months now how I would address these topics. The dilemma I have faced is not only how to describe general facts and personal beliefs about the ADA, but how to discuss them in ways that will make sense in a Swedish context.

Colin Barnes
Centre for Disability Studies
School of Sociology and Social Policy
University of Leeds
LS2 9JT
England

Introduction

This presentation will discuss the thinking behind the development of 'direct payment' type schemes for personal assistants (PAs) for disabled people in the UK, and their relationship to the concept of independent living from the perspective of the disabled people's movement.

Attention will then centre on the British Government's policy on direct payments since the 1980s, followed by an examination of the current situation in terms of the distribution, accessibility and support for such schemes at the local level.

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Härmed yrkar vi att länsrätten upphäver beslut i Stockholms läns landsting 7/10 2003 ang åtgärder för att få färdtjänstbudgeten i balans.

Grunden för att beslutet bör upphävas är följande:

1. Då färdtjänstnämnden behandlade det återremitterade ärendet hade man inte kommunicerat ett korrekt referat om innehållet i fullmäktiges återremiss. I detta yrkande låg krav på en opartisk ekonomisk utvärdering.

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Inför upphandlingen av resetjänster inom färdtjänstbussområdet står nu återigen ord mot ord. Blir det dyrare eller billigare att låta användarna själva bestämma vem de vill åka med? Att livskvaliteten höjs och att rättviseaspekten talar för ett flexiblare system verkar alla överens om. Men när det gäller att bevisa vilken tes som håller ekonomiskt blir förvirringen total.

Om man jämför det ekonomiska utfallet som Färdtjänsten hänvisar till finner man några intressanta motsägelser. Adolf Ratzka ifrågasätter Färdtjänstens beslutsunderlag:

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Dagens Nyheter 2003-09-23

Avgifterna för rullstolstaxi återremitterades. Protesterna hjälpte. Förslaget om att kraftigt höja avgifterna för att åka rullstolstaxi återremitterades av landstingsfullmäktige på tisdagen.

En delseger för de funktionshindrade som flera gånger den senaste tiden hållit sina protestmöten utanför Landstingshuset på Kungsholmen.