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What is Independent Living and Personal Assistance?

What is Independent Living and Personal Assistance?. ENIL- European Network on Independent Living Peter Kichashki – South Regional Coordinator. How it started?. Ed Roberts started it in 1962 in the University of Berkley Judy Huemann continued in New York the the 1970s 1970s – CILs across USA

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What is Independent Living and Personal Assistance?

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  1. What is Independent Living and Personal Assistance? ENIL- European Network on Independent Living Peter Kichashki – South Regional Coordinator

  2. How it started? • Ed Roberts started it in 1962 in the University of Berkley • Judy Huemann continued in New York the the 1970s • 1970s – CILs across USA • Adolf Ratzka presented it in Europe at the 1980s

  3. Ed Roberts byPatrick Wm. Connally

  4. Judy Heumann and Adolf Ratzka

  5. The gurus of the IL movement in Europe • Adolf Ratzka – Sweden • John Evans – UK • Kapka Panayotova– Bulgaria • Bente Skansgård – Norway • Martin Naughton – Ireland • You – your country.

  6. Independent Living

  7. Short definition of Independent Living Independent Living means to have the same range of options and the same degree of self-determination that non-disabled people take for granted.

  8. Personal Assistance The personal assistance is the social scheme which gives you the tool to be independent. Without it it’s impossible to be who you are.

  9. Thank you! www.enil.eu peter.kichashki@gmail.com Supported by the European Union

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