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| SIGN FOR PERSONAL ASSISTENCE LAW |
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Wednesday, March 25 2009 @ 05:51 PM CET
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STOP THE DIFFERENCE
SIGN FOR PERSONAL ASSISTENCE LAW FOR ALL DISABLED PEOPLE
Independent living is a central theme and a specific provision in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The case for such a right will become incontestable with the widespread ratification of the Disability Rights convention. Article" 19," entitled" “Living independently and being included in the community” requires governments to take action to facilitate disabled people’s “full enjoyment” of this right and their “full inclusion and participation in the community”. The Disability Rights Convention is not intended to create new rights, but that it “complements” existing human rights and clarifies the obligations and legal duties of States to respect and ensure the equal enjoyment of all human rights by person with disabilities.
The term “independent living“ is a concept which underpins the work of disabled people to achieve “equal opportunities and full participation in society as equal citizens” The philosophy of independent living speaks simply about the fact that disabled people have to have equal civil rights and that their freedom of choice and the possibility of managing every aspect of their life must be ensured. Independent living is a movement, and as such has a political character. It strives to be recognised and guaranteed as a basic human and civil right. It is the struggle for equal opportunities in all areas of social life. The movement for independent living is the process of heightening the awareness of one’s position and taking control of one’s life in one’s own hands.
Personal assistance is the first most important "aid" for independent living which enables disabled persons freedom and a way out of the position of cared-for persons. It is often the chief prerequisite for contemplating the exercise of equal opportunities, self-determination and, consequently, independent living.
The independent living movement opposes creation and development of systems that support the perpetuation of dependence through institutional solutions. Independent living identifies a fundamental objection to institutionalisation and with it is a recognition that the unjustified segregation of disabled people in institutions is in itself a human rights violation.
A research report published in 2007 found that, across 25 of the European countries included in the study, nearly 1.2 million disabled people were living in residential establishments. In many parts of Europe the predominant provision for disabled people (children as well as adults) continues to be institutionalisation (often for life). “Member states will continue to work within anti-discriminatory and human rights frameworks to enhance independence, freedom of choice and the quality of life of people with disabilities and to raise awareness of disability as a part of human diversity.”
The right to independent living should be accept as a fundamental and universal human right.
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