Our work brings the voice of people with intellectual disabilities and their families where decisions about their future are made. This has always been incredibly important. It is even more so with the Covid pandemic drastic impact on their rights and lives. Being visible and vocal on issues directly affecting millions of people requires your...
In Great Britain, the concept of Shared Lives has become increasingly popular. Shared Lives is a form of support and accommodation for adults with special needs in which qualified individuals and families open their homes to assist people with disabilities.
The #ToyLikeMe Facebook campaign is an initiative by parents who want to address the lack of diverse toys to which children with disabilities can also relate. The initiators felt that toys, dolls in specific, do not reflect the entire society and that people with disabilities are not acknowledged.
In the wake of the British general elections, the five biggest political parties in the UK have published accessible versions of their main standpoints. They have been created with the assistance of Mencap, to make people with intellectual disabilities aware of what political choices there are and to include them within the election process.
It is no news that people with intellectual disabilities are discriminated against. Still, the scale of the problem is often minimized, and instances of neglect and abuse are brushed under the carpet.
Inclusion Europe member Insieme Switzerland officially kicked off a new PR-campaign, proving that perceptions about people with intellectual disailities can change in as little as five minutes. The PR-campaign was the result of a social experiment undertaken by the Swiss organisation.
