User involvement inservice provision

Belgrade13-14 December 2013

www.easpd.eu

With support from the European Union Progress Programme.

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In 2007, the United Nations passed a new law:

people with disabilities have the same rights as everyone else

The European Union ratified it in 2010

Serbia ratified the Convention in 2009, so the content of the convention is now part of the Serbian law

The UNCRPD

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The UNCRPD

Article 19Independent living and being part of the community

Article 17Treating disabled people as people first• Right to be treated the same

as everyone else with the same respect and rights

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The UNCRPD

Article 28Standards of living • Equal right to a good standard

of living • Help and support to improve

standard of living

Article 22Right to privacy

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HOW CAN YOU INVOLVESERVICE USERS?

Invite persons with a disability to participate in every research work concerning them

Involve persons with a disability in the recruitment of your staff

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HOW CAN YOU INVOLVESERVICE USERS?

Make persons with a disability part of the board of the organisation

Use accessible and easy-to-read communication to reach persons with an intellectual disability

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What EASPD can do

Awareness-raisingCollect good practice examples and share with the

membership Policy implementation

Encourage full implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, aiming to fully involve persons with a disability in society and in the services supporting them

PartnershipWork together with Disabled People Organisations and consult

with them when drafting policy papers Accessibility

Improve accessibility of documents

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