Inclusion, Disability & Rehabilitation PDF

Inclusion, Disability and Rehabilitation Brian McGowan 3. Oktober 2024 1 PROGRAMM 12.15 – 13.00 On the concepts of disability and equality Statistics on people with disabilities in Switzerland On the con...

Inclusion, Disability and Rehabilitation Brian McGowan 3. Oktober 2024 1 PROGRAMM 12.15 – 13.00 On the concepts of disability and equality Statistics on people with disabilities in Switzerland On the concept of inclusion UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CRPD) Inclusion and the future of rehabilitation Group activity 13.00 – 13.10 Break 13.10 – 13.55 Group activity – Presentation and Discussion Conclusion Impact of inclusion on rehabilitation New focal point: Disability Studies 2 On the concepts of disability and equality (I) What is a disability? 3  On the concepts of disability and equality (II) What is a disability? → Transformation of the model of disability Individual model / Medical model (traditional understanding of disability) : Disability is an individual problem, the deficit is at the focus. Social model of disability (from approx. 1980s) : Disability is perceived as a social problem - one is not disabled, one is being disabled. Zürcher Fachhochschule On the concepts of disability and equality (III) What is a disability? Human rights model of disability : as defined in the UN- CRPD : Disability is the mutual interaction between impairment and environmental factors What is equality? Equality is: the reduction or elimination of obstacles (social solution approach). → for equal opportunities → is path to inclusion Zürcher Fachhochschule On the concepts of disability and equality (IV) image pancarte wc handicapé humour insolite 6 Statistics on people with disabilities in Switzerland How many people with disabilities are living in Switzerland? In absolute numbers? In percent? Zürcher Fachhochschule On the concept of inclusion (I) What is inclusion? How would you like to live, if you had a disability? 8 On the concept of inclusion (II) Historical predecessors of the model of inclusion: Exklusion Separation Integration 9 On the concept of inclusion (III) New structures, processes are needed Core elements of inclusive structures: ✓ Accessibility ✓ Freedom of choice ✓ Participation → Inclusion: the common, equal coexistence in structures that have emerged according to the needs of all. 10 On the concept of inclusion (IV) Integration versus Inclusion Integration → Adaptation to the rules of a given framework Inclusion → framework itself is subject of negotiation 11 UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CRPD) I What is the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ? How did the CRPD come into being ? → People from all over the world contributed to it → Approved by the UN General Assembly on 13.12.2006 Status of the CRPD today → Switzerland ratified in April 2014 → 185 ratifications What does the CRPD mean for Switzerland? → Guidance → Frame of reference for policy and our actions 12 UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CRPD) II What are the contents and the motivation of the CRPD? - Preamble of the CRPD: …Concerned that, despite these various instruments and undertakings, persons with disabilities continue to face barriers in their participation as equal members of society and violations of their human rights in all parts of the world. - Paradigm shift: People with disabilities are seen as self-determined persons, not as objects of charity, medical/therapeutic treatment. - Accessibility, Freedom of choice and participation 13 UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CRPD) III What are the subjects in the CRPD ? → Examples: Mobility (Art. 9) Housing (Art. 19) Education (Art. 24) Health (Art. 25) Work and employment (Art. 27) Cultural life and leisure (Art. 30) Sport (Art. 30) Political life 14 Inclusion and the future of rehabilitation (I) Inclusion and rehabilitation Impact of the human rights model of disability... …on Practice and Science in the Field of Rehabilitation? 15 Inclusion and the future of rehabilitation (I) Rehabilitation in the perspective of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) CRPD, Art 26: Habilitation and Rehabilitation Cross-sectional article → Far more than health care system. Focus on individual and environmental factors of disability to promote inclusion 16 Group activity From theory... into practice! Group work: (15`): 3 questions in 8 groups 1. What is the status of inclusion in different sectors of society? 2. Which model (or models) of disability dominate in each sector of society? (medical/social/human rights model) 3. How can rehabilitation professionals promote inclusion in these areas? Group A: Mobility. Group B: Housing. Group C: Education. Group D: Health. Group E: Work. Group F: Leisure (culture). Group G: Sport. Group H: Politics. 17 Group activity Break (10 Minutes) 18 Group activity - Discussion Discussion on the 3 questions Where do we find inclusive structuresin your area of society? Which models of disability dominate ? What can you as rehabilitation professionals contribute to inclusion? → What have you identified? 19 Conclusion (II) Impact of inclusion on rehabilitation Accessibility → rehabilitation focus on the barriers in the environment Freedom of choice → rehabilitation focus on the principles of the CRPD Participation → rehabilitation focus on the expertise of people with disabilities 20 Conclusion (III) The goal of inclusion calls for new focal points/disciplines in education → new understanding ✓ Of disability ✓ Of inclusion → Goal: experts who understands how disability is (also) constructed by society and who can influence environmental factors → Disability Studies 21  Preview of the Disability Studies lecture next spring (I) Normality I (What is normality – what is abnormality) Normality II (Normality and Freakshows) Disability I+II (Impairment and Disability – medical and social model - cultural and human rights model - critical realism) Disableism and Ableism (And the Ideology of ability and compulsory ablebodiness) Inclusion, Diversity and human rights I+II (Inclusion concrete – The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - Social examples of (non-) inclusion) 22  Preview of the Disability Studies lecture next spring (II) Disability Studies as critique of science (emancipatory and participatory research) New approaches and challenges to Disability Studies (Global Disability Studies and Intersectionality) Rehabilitation and Disability Studies I (Obsession of care and the superhumans) Rehabilitation and Disability Studies II (Rehabilitation + ethics) Rehabilitation and Disability Studies III (Cyborgs and Transhumanism – From hindering to promoting factors of rehabilitation for inclusion) 23 Thank you for your attention ! 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