Social inclusion through community living: current situation, advances and gaps in policy, practice and research

Abstract: This article draws on the findings of the EU Framework 7 project DISCIT to explore the living situation of people with disabilities a decade after the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in nine European countries representing different welfare state models and different stages in the process of deinstitutionalisation. A review of the research literature, policy and available statistics was combined with interviews with key informants in each country to explore the current living situation, changes over time and the barriers to, and facilitators for change. The article focuses in particular on whether people are experiencing opportunities for social inclusion on an equal basis with others. Although a lack of available data hampered conclusions on living situation, it was clear that there had been some change in terms of policy and funding streams available to support community living. Some countries had moved slightly towards community living, w

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch
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Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: Social Inclusion ; 6 (2018) 1 ; 90-109

Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wo)
Mannheim
(wann)
2018
Urheber
Šumníková, Pavlína
Šiška, Jan
Káňová, Šárka
Beadle-Brown, Julie

DOI
10.17645/si.v6i1.1211
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2019080113333525320989
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Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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