The big elephant in the room

Over the years, I’ve presented at events themed, ‘the elephants in the room’, and even wrote a chapter in a book published last year on this theme. It is titled, About Us Without All of Us: The Elephants in the Room. Todays blog is about a very big elephant in the room, which he goes…

UN finds Hungary responsible for “grave and systematic violations” of disability rights, condemns mass institutionalisation funded by the EU

Press Release from Validity Foundation, By Steven Allen • 16th April 2020 The United Nations has today found Hungary responsible for “grave and systematic” violations of the human rights of persons with disabilities in the country. In a report released today, the UN found the country in flagrant breach of international law for placing people with disabilities in institutions,…

Dementia = social inequality

Social inequality is characterised by the existence of unequal opportunities or rewards for different social positions or statuses within a group or society. There are two main ways to measure social inequality: inequality of conditions, and inequality of opportunities. Inequality of conditions refers to the unequal distribution of income, wealth and material goods. For example,…