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Social alienation of Parents and caretakers of children
and adults with disabilities and ways to prevent it
On the 8th of January a session of the
Parliamentary Group for People with Disabilities was
held in the Parliament. The session was entitled
Social alienation of Parents and caretakers of children
and adults with disabilities and ways to prevent it
and one of its participants was Minister of Labor and
Social Policy, Jolanta Fedak. The meeting was
co-organized by the Polish Association of Families of
People with Disabilities Razem możemy więcej.
Over 60 people from 24 non-governmental organizations
from all over the country took part in this meeting.
Among there were the representatives of the “Ożarowska”
Association and the Association of Parents with Children
with Cerebral Palsy. The aim of this parliamentary
session was to create a coherent system of healthcare,
rehabilitation and education for children with
disabilities.
Listed below are main demands of parents and caretakers
of people with disabilities:
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The role of the state is to help the parents of
disabled persons harmonize professional career with
taking care of their children. They should have a
choice of whether to go to work and put their kids
in the hands of specialists or take care of them and
receive remuneration.
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Increase within the next three years the attendance
allowance to the amount of minimum wage.
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The need to promote the services of personal
assistants for people with disabilities and convince
the parents of disabled children to try such a
solution.
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Changes in disability evaluation. Such an evaluation
should reflect the degree of one’s autonomy, ability
to move/motor skills and the ability to perform
everyday routines.
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The necessity to introduce professional support
system for parents of disabled people who wish to
return to work after years of absence as well as
preferential rates of social insurance premiums for
those parents and caretakers who decide to set up
their own line of business.
The Polish Association of Families of People with
Disabilities Razem możemy więcej received an
invitation from the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy
to take part in a project entitled “Progress. Preventing
discrimination, promoting diversity”.
The aim of this project is to initiate social dialogue
and build social awareness regarding discrimination and
promoting diversity in Poland, sensitize the society to
the problems of people who experience discrimination,
strengthening support groups and people who deal with
such matters. Through this project its authors also wish
to work out solutions which could serve as base for
future actions concerning non-discrimination and
promotion of variety in Poland.
As part of this project series of meetings/conferences
will be organized with representatives of state
institutions, non-governmental organizations,
representatives of the world of culture and science and
journalists. The aim of these conferences is to find a
formula for social dialogue about preventing
discrimination and promoting diversity in Poland.
These meetings are hopefully going to provide answers to
the following questions:
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How to cooperate to prevent discrimination and
promote diversity?
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How to use and incorporate the experience of various
people researching the subject and those affected by
discrimination in social discourse?
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How to build a positive social message regarding
non-discrimination and diversity?
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How to break the barriers in communication,
awareness and culture regarding discrimination and
promoting diversity in Poland?
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What steps should be taken, what kind of social
campaign should be launched and in what way?
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How big is the social demand for campaigns
concerning non-discrimination and promoting
diversity in our country?
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How to look beyond our constraints, i.e. how to act
within a given cultural context?
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What are our target groups and how to determine and
select them?
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How to influence the legislative process and
implementation of equality-related projects as well
as projects preventing discrimination?
The first meeting will take place at the end of January
The entire project will end with a conference in March
More information can be found at:
http://www.razem-mozemy-wiecej.com.pl |
