Individual life , as its supporters see it, is a philosophy, a way of looking at society and disability, and the movement of people with disabilities around the world who work for equal opportunities, self-determination and prices self.. In the context of elders, independent life is seen as a step in the course of care, with life being helped into the next step.
In most countries, advocates of the IL Movement claim that prejudices and predominant medical views of disability contribute to negative attitudes toward persons with disabilities, describing them as sick, disabled and distorted, as objects of professional intervention, as a burden to themselves and their families they, depending on the charity of others. These images, in the IL analysis, have consequences for disabled people to raise their own families, get education and jobs, which, in turn, produce people with disabilities that make up most of the poor in any country. As the Senior population increases, the Independent Living facility has risen in popularity as an option for aging citizens.
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Histori
The Independent Life Movement grew out of the rights movement of people with disabilities, which began in the 1960s. The IL Movement works to replace the concept of special education and rehabilitation experts on integration, normalization and rehabilitation with a new paradigm developed by PwDs themselves. The first Independent Living ideologues and organizers were those with extensive disabilities (eg Ed Roberts, Judith Heumann, Peg Nosek, Lex Frieden) and of course, early friends and collaborators in the 1970s (Julie Ann Racino) and universities and government supporters throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Ed Roberts became a major part of the IL Movement after he contracted polio as a child and was left paralyzed. As a person with disabilities, he deals with discrimination in various aspects of his life after contracting the disease. In everyday life, people give comments that allude to the fact that it might be better if polio ends by killing him and he is told by others that they are better off dead than to be like him. His struggle for acceptance at school, however, is what Roberts is most famous for. In high school, Roberts quits graduation because he can not complete his gym needs, because he is paralyzed and spends most of his time in the iron lung. The biggest problem when it comes to school systems takes place at UC Berkeley. After struggling for acceptance, the university refused to provide financial aid to Roberts. He then sued Berkeley for access and integration. Although he won the case, Roberts was placed in a school hospital instead of a dorm. When other people with disabilities started attending school and staying in hospital, a group of activists called Rolling Quads was formed. They finally started the Disabled Student Program, a resource for those with disabilities run by people with disabilities. This program leads to the first self created American living center, the Berkeley Center for Independent Living. These centers are growing throughout the United States and are a big part of why Ed Roberts was instrumental in starting the Independent Living Movement. However, the message of this movement seems to be most popular among people whose lives depend on assistance with daily living activities and who, in the eyes of the IL Movement, are most exposed to custodial care, paternalistic attitudes and paternalistic controls by professionals. By 2015, independent living centers are codified in law across the US, and offer a variety of "professional services" (ie, independent living) under the government's payment structure in the US.
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Philosophy
The philosophy of Self-Life postulates that persons with disabilities are the best experts of their needs, and therefore they must take the initiative, individually and collectively, in designing and promoting better solutions and organizing themselves for political power. In addition to de-professionalization and self-representation, the Independent Life ideology consists of de-medicalization of disability, de-institutionalization and cross-disability (ie included in the IL Movement regardless of diagnosis).
In the philosophy of Independent Living, people with disabilities are primarily seen as citizens and only secondary as consumers of health, rehabilitation or social services. As citizens of a democratic society, the IL Movement claims that persons with disabilities have equal rights to participate, to the same range of options, the degree of freedom, control and self-determination in everyday life and life projects of citizens others just take it for granted. Thus, IL activists demand the removal of infrastructure, institutional and attitude barriers and adoption of Universal Design principles. Depending on the individual's disability, support services such as aid technology, income supplements or personal assistance are deemed necessary to achieve equal opportunity. As emphasized by the IL Movement, needs assessment and service delivery should enable users to control their services, to be free to choose between competing service providers and to live with dignity in society. Cash Advances or Direct Payments are favored by IL activists for similar services in terms of results for the user's quality of life and cost efficiency.
Over the years, the IL Movement has spread from North America to all continents, adapting to and enriched by various cultures and economic conditions in the process. A large number of research, training materials and examples of good practice are on themes such as transition from institution to community life, transition from school to work or self-employment, community organizing and advocacy, disability culture, girls and women with disabilities as well. as a defect and development. Supporting the movement and utilizing its work has become an important element of the social policy of many countries.
"Self-life does not mean that we want to do everything ourselves, need no one or like to live in isolation Self-living means that we demand the same choices and controls in our daily lives that our brothers and sisters , neighbors and friends take it for granted We want to grow in our family, go to neighborhood school, use the same bus with our neighbors, work in jobs that are aligned with our education and interests, and raise our own families We are people- ordinary people who share the same need to feel included, acknowledged and loved. "
In German
In the 1970s/1980s, in Germany, the autonomous disability rights movement, also called the crippling movement, claimed for themselves the word paralyzed in the sense of reassessment.
The cripple tribunal in Dortmund on December 13, 1981 was one of the main protests of the autonomous German people's movement (in confrontation with the aid of established incapacity) of human rights abuses in nursing homes and psychiatric hospitals, and also against the lack of local public transport. Similar to the Russell Court by Amnesty International, the defective tribunal has denounced human rights abuses of persons with disabilities.
In Europe
In 1989, more than 80 people with disabilities and supporters came from the Independent Living movement that gathered in Strasbourg, France for a conference on personal assistance. The conference is funded by the German Green Party and is an opportunity for members of the Living Independen movement to meet. This meeting resulted in the establishment of ENIL - The European Network on Independent Living. This network includes members from the European Union and its neighbors. ENIL promotes Independent Life at the European level but also at the national and regional levels.
Center for Independent Life
In 1972, the first Independent Center for Life was founded by disability activists, led by Ed Roberts, in Berkeley, California. These centers were created to offer peer support and role modeling, and are run and controlled by PwDs. According to the IL approach, the example of a colleague, someone who has been in the same situation, can be stronger than a professional non-disabled person's intervention in analyzing one's situation, in assuming responsibility for one's life and in developing coping strategies.
According to the IL Movement, with peer support, everyone - including people with extensive developmental disabilities - can learn to take more initiative and control over their lives. For example, peer support is used in the Independent Living Skills class where people living with families or institutions learn how to run their daily lives in preparation for their own lives.
There is a set of basic services (Core Services) found in all Centers, but there are several variations in the program being offered, funding sources, and staff, among others. Depending on public services in the community, the Center may assist with the reference and adaptation of housing, personal assistance referrals, or legal assistance. Typically, the Center works with local and regional governments to improve infrastructure, raise awareness of disability issues and lobby law that promotes equal opportunities and prohibits discrimination. The effective center has been proven to be in countries such as California, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, and Illinois.
See also
- Accessibility
- Aging in place
- Dignity risk
- Disabled rights movement
- Independent senior life
- Intellectual disability
- List of disabled rights activists
- Mainstreaming (education)
- Occupational therapy
- Personally-centered planning
- Post-Polio International Health
- Self-defense
- Disabled social model
- Visibility - social integration beyond independent life
References
- Pelka, Fred (1997). Compliion ABC-CLIO to the Disability Rights Movement . Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, Inc. ISBNÃ, 0-87436-834-0.
External links
Independent life on Curlie (based on DMOZ)
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