Curso2 3 CRPD QUASS V2 — Transcript

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1. 0:00presentation of the crpd the United
2. 0:03Nations convention on the rights of
3. 0:05persons with disabilities
4. 0:07crpd for short was adopted on the 13th
5. 0:11of December 2006 at the United Nations
6. 0:14and was open for signature on the 30th
7. 0:17of March 2007. as of September 2014 this
8. 0:22convention has been ratified by 147
9. 0:24countries in the world including 25 of
10. 0:28the 28 EU member states the European
11. 0:31Union itself ratified the convention in
12. 0:342010
13. 0:35this convention is the product of
14. 0:38Decades of work by the United Nations
15. 0:40and Disability Rights Advocates Around
16. 0:42the World to Change attitudes towards
17. 0:45persons with disabilities
18. 0:47it presents persons with disabilities as
19. 0:49Citizens with rights who are capable of
20. 0:52making decisions for their lives based
21. 0:54on their free and informed consent and
22. 0:57be active members of society
23. 0:59more specifically the convention
24. 1:01clarifies how all categories of Rights
25. 1:04apply to persons with disabilities and
26. 1:06identifies areas where adaptations have
27. 1:09to be made and where protection of
28. 1:11Rights must be reinforced the crpd
29. 1:14mainly creates obligations for countries
30. 1:16that have signed and ratified it and it
31. 1:18often leads the government to adapt and
32. 1:21change its own laws to support the goals
33. 1:23of the convention
34. 1:25these laws will have impact on the
35. 1:27obligations and performance of Social
36. 1:29Service Providers but it does not mean a
37. 1:32service provider should wait for these
38. 1:33laws to be in place to start respecting
39. 1:35the main principles behind the
40. 1:37convention this convention includes
41. 1:39persons with long-term physical mental
42. 1:42intellectual Developmental and sensory
43. 1:45disabilities
44. 1:46but also covers persons with short-term
45. 1:48disabilities that are deprived of their
46. 1:50rights this convention is based on the
47. 1:53social model of disability
48. 1:56key elements of the crpd that affect
49. 1:59social services design and provision
50. 2:02the convention contains various elements
51. 2:04about the rights of persons with
52. 2:06disabilities that are very important for
53. 2:08social services and their staff to keep
54. 2:10in mind when designing services to
55. 2:13persons with disabilities
56. 2:15here are some of these rights
57. 2:171. equality and non-discrimination
58. 2:21it is illegal for a country to have
59. 2:23regulations that discriminate against
60. 2:25persons with disabilities
61. 2:27when necessary governments should create
62. 2:30laws to protect the rights of persons
63. 2:32with disabilities and put these laws
64. 2:34into action the convention also
65. 2:37recognizes that people can also face
66. 2:39multiple forms of discrimination
67. 2:41for example women and girls with
68. 2:44disabilities could face different
69. 2:45challenges than men and boys who also
70. 2:48have a disability
71. 2:502. the rights to privacy and dignity and
72. 2:54the importance of Abuse Prevention
73. 2:56abuse of persons with disabilities can
74. 2:59come in several forms such as physical
75. 3:02abuse psychological abuse neglect sexual
76. 3:06abuse and financial abuse
77. 3:09Social Work professionals and social
78. 3:11service providers have an essential role
79. 3:14in protecting and promoting the rights
80. 3:16of persons with disabilities to be free
81. 3:18from abuse this role not only involves
82. 3:21prevention and protection by setting
83. 3:23policies in place that minimize the
84. 3:25possibility of abuse but it also
85. 3:27requires action in condoning and
86. 3:30Reporting instances of abuse detected
87. 3:32among its staff
88. 3:34the right to privacy and dignity of
89. 3:36persons with disabilities also means
90. 3:39that social service providers who may
91. 3:41have access to a lot of personal
92. 3:42information on the persons they serve
93. 3:44must be mindful of how this sensitive
94. 3:47information is shared and with whom
95. 3:50three the right to self-determination
96. 3:54self-determination is a person's ability
97. 3:56to make informed decisions for
98. 3:58themselves on how they want to lead
99. 4:00their life for this to happen the person
100. 4:03must be informed about the choices
101. 4:04possible and empowered to make their
102. 4:07decision a reality service providers can
103. 4:10support this empowerment by providing
104. 4:12each service user with an individual
105. 4:14plan of services that is customized to
106. 4:17their specific needs Ambitions and
107. 4:19preferences
108. 4:21because each person has different needs
109. 4:23and goals for themselves users of
110. 4:26disability services cannot all receive
111. 4:28the exact same set of services this is
112. 4:31also called individual planning
113. 4:344. reasonable accommodation a reasonable
114. 4:38accommodation is when a change or
115. 4:40adjustment is made to a service which
116. 4:42does not require disproportionate
117. 4:44resources from the one who offers it but
118. 4:46makes it possible for a person to
119. 4:48participate in an activity whereas
120. 4:50without the accommodation it could not
121. 4:52have been possible
122. 4:53providing a person with disability
123. 4:55reasonable accommodation and or the
124. 4:58support he or she needs to participate
125. 5:00in daily activities is to be seen as a
126. 5:03means to ensure his or her right to
127. 5:05participation not as dependents 5. the
128. 5:09right to home and family
129. 5:11people have the right to live where and
130. 5:13with whom they want including their
131. 5:15families if they wish
132. 5:17if a person has a disability the
133. 5:19government should support the family
134. 5:21with disability related expenses and
135. 5:23services if persons with a disability
136. 5:26cannot or does not want to live with
137. 5:28their immediate family the government
138. 5:30should support in providing care within
139. 5:33the wider family or community
140. 5:35persons with disabilities have the same
141. 5:38rights as other people to reproductive
142. 5:39health information to marry and to have
143. 5:42children
144. 5:43it is important for social service
145. 5:45providers to understand the importance
146. 5:48and impact of the right to home and
147. 5:49family in relation to enjoying other
148. 5:52rights in many cases persons with a
149. 5:55disability are institutionalized or sent
150. 5:58far away from their families the right
151. 6:00of persons to live with their families
152. 6:02also means that families should have
153. 6:04access to planning and monitoring the
154. 6:07service users individual programs
155. 6:106. independent living it is important
156. 6:13for governments and service providers to
157. 6:16understand the right to independent
158. 6:17living in the community and to examine
159. 6:20which support services will be needed
160. 6:22for an equal access to Independent
161. 6:24Living
162. 6:25the right of persons to live in the
163. 6:27community encourages community-based
164. 6:29services for persons with a disability
165. 6:31and therefore contributes to the concept
166. 6:34of inclusion in society the right to
167. 6:37independent living in the community also
168. 6:40means that they should have access to
169. 6:41Individual Services in their proximity
170. 6:45conclusion
171. 6:46with the ratification of the crpd there
172. 6:50are many elements of our societies that
173. 6:52will need to change and adapt in order
174. 6:55to include persons with disabilities in
175. 6:57all areas of life education work family
176. 7:01as well as cultural and sports
177. 7:03activities
178. 7:05in order to see this Vision come to
179. 7:07reality in the near future social
180. 7:10service providers throughout Europe are
181. 7:12encouraged to integrate the principles
182. 7:14of the convention in all aspects of
183. 7:16their service delivery and support an
184. 7:18independent life for persons with
185. 7:21disabilities
186. 7:31foreign
187. 7:32[Music]