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Širvinskaitė I, Siilsalu M, Anca G.  2025.  Reasonable accommodation: ensuring rights begins with a dialogue. Guidelines for regulation and practice in Lithuania, Latvia, and Sweden..

Lithuanian Disability Forum, together with partners from Latvia (SUSTENTO) and Sweden (Independent Living Institute), has prepared guidelines to help understand and apply the principle of reasonable accommodation in practice.

The guidelines emphasize that reasonable accommodation is not only a legal obligation under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities but also a practical measure that ensures equality, inclusion, and the fulfillment of individual needs.

The guidelines are based on international and European documents and aim to promote more consistent and inclusive implementation of this principle in Lithuania, Latvia, and Sweden, especially in areas such as employment, education, and healthcare.

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Mladenov T, Elder-Woodward J, Siilsalu M, Cojocariu IBulic, Hadad N, Angelova-Mladenova L.  2022.  Comparison between personal assistance and home care work.

 This document was co-created in May 2022 by Teodor Mladenov (University of Dundee), Jim Elder-Woodward (Scottish Independent Living Coalition), Mari Siilsalu (Independent Living Institute), Ines Bulic Cojocariu (European Network on Independent Living), Nadia Hadad (European Network on Independent Living), and Lilia Angelova-Mladenova (European Network on Independent Living).

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