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The “National Platform of Self Advocates”
is a self-advocacy organisation from Ireland.
This organisation is closing
because they didn’t receive any money from the government.
Inclusion Europe supports the National Platform of Self Advocates.
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This is what Inclusion Europe’s President Jyrki Pinomaa said:
“We cannot accept this.
Self-advocacy organisations speak up for
people with intellectual disabilities and their rights.
If governments don’t give money to these organisations
people with intellectual disabilities don’t have a voice anymore.”
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This is what Inclusion Europe’s Vice-president László Bercse said:
“Self-advocacy organisations
like the National Platform of Self Advocates
fight for inclusion of people with disabilities.
If these organisations stop working,
we have less inclusion for people with disabilities.”