General Association of the Disabled in Germany
The General Disabled Association in Germany e. V. (ABiD e.V.) is a partisan, religious, ethnic and ideological independent self-help association , with the purpose of promoting self-determination and help for the disabled as well as the public and political representation of people with disabilities and those affected.
Goals and story
The association is an association of disabled people, their relatives and friends , regardless of the type of disability. It consists of a federal association based in Berlin and several regional associations, which in turn are divided into local associations. Any natural or legal person can become a full member.
The patron of the General Disabled Association is Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (former Federal Minister) and the chairman was Ilja Seifert , who succeeded Detlef Eckert . At the association day in April 2018, Marcus Graubner was elected as the new chairman of the General Disability Association in Germany. Anna Carina Woitschack has been the ABiD ambassador since July 2018.
The General Disabled Persons Association is a member of the German Disability Council (DBR), the German Paritätischen Wohlfahrtsverband (DPWV), the national coordination office "Tourism for All" e. V. (NatKo), the German Association for Public and Private Welfare (DV) and Very Special Arts (VSA).
The association was founded in 1990 during the GDR era and later renamed. He is a founding member of the German Disability Council (DBR) and has worked on the drafts for the Anti-Discrimination Act (ADG - now AGG).
Member associations
- General Association for the Disabled of the State of Brandenburg (ABB eV)
- Berliner Handicapped Association e. V. (BBV)
- General Disabled Persons Association in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania e. V.
- General Association for the Disabled in Germany - Free State of Saxony e. V. (ABiD-Saxony)
- Integration center "Ziegenhof Eckersbach" Zwickau
- General Disabled Persons Association Saxony-Anhalt e. V. (ABiSA)
- Regional association for people with disabilities in Thuringia (LMBT e.V.)
Web links
- Federal Association of the General Disabled Persons Association in Germany V. (ABiD e.V.)
- Berlin handicapped newspaper
Individual evidence
- ↑ ABB eV - www.abbev.de. Retrieved January 12, 2020 .
- ↑ Berliner Disabled Association e. V.
- ^ General Association of the Disabled in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern e. V.
- ↑ General Disabled Persons Association in Germany - Free State of Saxony eV ( Memento of the original from November 21, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b ABiD member associations ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
