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Albert Brandstätter Lebenshilfe Österreich

Training, applied research and civic envolvement in person oriented services for people with disabilites in an enlarged Europe. Albert Brandstätter Lebenshilfe Österreich. 1. Lebenshilfe Österreich. Austrian NGO: Coordinating 8 independent regional organizations

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Albert Brandstätter Lebenshilfe Österreich

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  1. Training, applied research and civic envolvementin person oriented services for people with disabilites in an enlarged Europe Albert Brandstätter Lebenshilfe Österreich

  2. 1. Lebenshilfe Österreich Austrian NGO: • Coordinating 8 independent regional organizations • About 10.000 people with intellectual disabilities use our services • About 25.000 people are members in our associations • About 4.000 people are working in the Lebenshilfe organizations

  3. Austrian NGOs • Austrian Network of Civic Engagement Broad scene of NGOs in the field of disabilities • Intellectual Disabilities - Lebenshilfe - Jugend am Werk - Caritas - Diakonie - Integration Österreich - …and a lot of local/regional organizations Lebenshilfe – member of Inclusion Europe, EASPD ÖAR – member of EDF ÖKSA – corresponding to ISCW and EESC

  4. 2.) Integration – Inclusion - Citizenship • Integration: perspective of personal deficits • Inclusion: perspective of societal deficits and barriers • Citizenship: concretization of the human rights perspective working for integration and inclusion

  5. Our view of people with disabilities Client Customer User Citizen Values according to citizenship: (self)empowerment – participation - choice - autonomy – in(ter)dependency

  6. Ethical consequences • Human rights perspective: Basis: human dignity ethics of justice and solidarity respect -mutuality – dialogical encounter • Perspective of Care: Attentiveness Emotions Praxis

  7. Policy consequences • „Lebenshilfe“ – mutual help to live/ in living • Culture of life: „good life“ (in an ethical perspective) • = Culture of quality of life „Graz Declaration 2006“: Culture of autonomy, dignity, choice, respect • Inclusive Society

  8. 3.) Towards a „Lebenshilfe Academy“ Stakeholders

  9. Portfolio of Activities

  10. Culture of Life Course of Life Fetal Life – Infancy – Adult Life – Death Advocacy Service Themes

  11. Principles of Pedagogy • Diversity: individual life in a pluralistic society • Multidisciplinary approach • Care – Mutuality • Education + Life-long-Learning • All are adult citizens • Partners in learning • Near to life • Continuing education • Respecting the personal development

  12. Aimsof the training • Level: Choice – participation – solidarity • Level: Key-Qualifications (self-acceptance, self consciusness, roles,..) • Level: Themes of Life(Work – Living – Leisure Time - Sexuality-Health -Cultural techniques (eg. PC,…),…

  13. Inclusion in our institutions? Index of inclusion (acc. to Tony Booth, Breaking down the barriers): • Valuing students/participants and staff equally • Increasing participation of all participants • Restructuring the institution‘s cultures, policies, practices • Differences as resources • Improving the institution both for „students“ and staff • Our role in building a comunity Key Principle: Diversity as normality and resource

  14. General inclusive education School/ Training institute = Learning institutions for all Consequence: inclusive education for all individuals into mainstream education By: • Networking and cooperation • Civil Dialogue • Research • Training

  15. 4.) Inclusion into European Politics • Financial restrictions – hard laws • Social Inclusion (Lisbon Strategy) – soft rules • Role of Services and of Interest Groups Future of European Social Model= developing our policy perspective and the perspective of education for the year 2030.

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