Two webinars on deinstitutionalisation: “Ordinary lives”
Todays post is to highlight two important webinars being hosted by the European Network on Independent Living, coming up soon.
The United Nations Deinstitutionalisation Guidelines released in 2022 refer to all people with disabilties, which therefore includes people living with dementia.
People with dementia are not only locked inside institutional settings, many also experiencing multiple forms of harm in this style of ‘care’, and their rights are further violated, because they are segregated inside these locked institutions. NASA stopped segregating black and white Americans in the 1950’s…
Webinar Part 1: The Building Blocks (27th October, 14:00 – 15:30 CET /3pm BST / 11pm AEDT)
The first webinar will look into some of the building blocks that allow a person to live in the community. We will hear about supported decision making, personal assistance, but also tackling prejudice about disabled people and what it means to live independently.
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEucemupj4jEtHLz0n2XAKL3OKbTGVXzeeQ
Webinar Part 2: Getting People Out (24th November, 14:00 – 15:30 CET / 3pm BST / 11pm AEDT)
The second webinar will be about getting people out of segregated settings, such as institutions and day care centres. We will hear from those who are doing this, and learn how this could be achieved and what are they doing to make sure people coming out of institutions can live independently and once again be a part of their communities and the society.
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIufuqvrj4rHtYWb6f4qZLF1WUrcyzRd8mb
More information is available in the attached document and on the European Network on Independent Living (ENIL) website: https://enil.eu/event/ordinary-lives-building-blocks-getting-people-out/
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