Soufiane El Amrani and Milan Šveřepa wrote an article about employment, published in Dutch here. Below is an English version: „As a person with intellectual disabilities I think it is important for all people with intellectual disabilities to have a job like everyone else,“ says Soufiane El Amrani, self-advocacy and easy-to-read officer at Inclusion Europe. „Having a job […]
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Budujte vztahy, ne baráky
Příspěvek na konferenci FSS Ostravské univerzity o transformaci sociálních služeb v listopadu 2021: Ústav = kumulované bydlení + segregace prostorem a činností + podřízenost pravidlům zařízení Deinstitucionalizace = sociální služba – negativa výše Tedy poskytování podpory, která má člověka a jeho přání a potřeby v centru pozornosti; pomáhá být součástí světa kolem. Také podpora rodin, […]
Build relationships, not houses
Last 2 days have been about learning how supporting living works in Greece, and how to improve it and make it available to many more people. It was a conference in Athens, held by Estia to mark 10 years of providing supported living services. They kindly invited me to talk about support for independent living and inclusion to […]
Recommendations for Polish deinstitutionalisation strategy
Polskie Forum Osób z Niepełnosprawnościami organised a conference called “We have the right to live independently. We cannot wait any longer”, and I was invited to speak during a panel about the Polish deinstitutionalisation strategy and “whether we have to wait until 2030?” I offered suggestions for deinstitutionalisation: Prevent institutionalisation of those living in the […]
Deinstitutionalisation and families
Today I spoke during a EESC hearing about challenges of the transition from institutional to community-based support for persons with disabilities and the role of families as their carers. I talked about priorities in deinstitutionalisation, one of which must be making the changes work for people with complex support needs too. They are often left […]
Institutionalisation of old people in Czechia
Forum for human rights, Validity launch of report on institutionalisation of old people, September 2021. My remarks: Massive institutionalisation of older people demonstrates the failure of policy when it comes to securing support and care. It stems from lack of understanding how support and care should and can be provided. And it is based […]
Voter suppression? That’s fine by us says European Court of Human Rights
Written for Inclusion Europe 13 September 2021. When the news is filled with clawing away of people’s rights, and chipping away on the rule of law, what does a democratic-minded person do to keep hopeful and level-headed? We look up to the institutions charged with protecting them, of course. But what does one do when […]
Ach jo aneb Volební programy 2021
Přehled volebních programů 2021 v otázkách sociálních služeb a specificky lidí s postižením a jejich rodin. (Týká se jich samozřejmě vše, já tím myslím věci, které jsou jim jmenovitě směřovány.) A opakuji: přehled, žádná zásadní analýza. Ono ani není moc co analyzovat. Piráti a starostové Práce a sociální péče. Piráti/Stan už se vidí ve vládě, tak k […]
Česko prohrává
Jasným poraženým letošního fotbalového Eura je Česko: země, která se podle Fotbalové asociace ČR turnaje vlastně ani neúčastní. Že je to nesmysl? Že se Česku na Euru docela daří? Ale to se pletete: Česko na turnaji nehraje, jen cosi, čemu ve FAČR říkají #ceskarepre. Tvrdí se, že sport je výrazný nástroj, jak propagovat svou zemi. […]
Just some work from last year which, in retrospect, makes me happy.
I don’t know about you but I don’t find project reporting particularly enjoyable. It doesn’t help when it is all about a year which itself was incredibly hard. But there is one element to it which is quite gratifying: seeing all of the year’s work collected and summarised together. It gives you a perspective on […]