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We fight for Europe where people with intellectual disabilties
enjoy the same rights as everyone else.
The president of Inclusion Europe
was interviewed in Slovenia.
Jyrki did an interview for a magazine called Kirenjureet
and the topic was about the situation
of your family that led you to talk
and write about the rights of disabled people.
Jyrki went to a meeting at the Finnish Parliament in 1990
where Jyrki spoke about disability services
for families with children with disabilties.
After Jyrki finished his speech
a member of the Finnish Parliament
came up to him and asked him,
is it true nothing has changed for 20 years.
This one member of the Finnish Parliament is a father
of two daughters with intellectual disabilities.
The European Commission in March 2021
looked at the European Strategy
for the rights of persons with disabilities
for 2021-2030.
Also, the European Union is strong about all
people with intellectual disabilities
not having to live in institution anymore.
The information given by Inclusion Europe talks
about progress from segregated care in the community.
The European Union money play
a very important part
in making sure it helps all
people with intellectual disabilities.
But there is still a lot that needs to be
done to help people with intellectual disabilties.
Another thing that needs more work is that
people with intellectual disabilties should be able to vote.
Persons with intellectual disabilties who are put
under guardianship cannot not vote
and that needs to change right away.
Even the European Court of Human Rights is fighting to give back
the rights to all people with intellectual disabilties
so they can go and vote in elections.
In the news in Finland a news person talks about
people with intellectual disabilities are being treated badly.
Also, in Finland people with intellectual disabilties
feel intimated and they don’t know if they feel safe.
The housing system in Finland has changed because
people with intellectual disabilities
find it hard to get good housing.
Because of covid-19 it has been hard
for all people with intellectual disabilities.
There is still a long way to go in making
easy-to-read information for
people with intellectual disabilities.
The president of Inclusion Europe talks about his two boys
who have an intellectual disability.
In this interview we also talk about all
people with intellectual disabilities
being able to have a good education.
