Federal Association of Self-Help for the Physically Disabled
The Federal Association for Self-Help for the Physically Disabled (BSK) eV is a nationwide self-help association that sees itself as representing the interests of people with physical disabilities . It is recognized as a non-profit organization and is allowed to use the DZI's seal of approval .
The Federal Association of Self-Help for the Physically Disabled is one of the 78 selected associations in Germany that are allowed to carry out a model declaratory action .
history
The association was founded in 1955 by Eduard Knoll. As a so-called war disabled, Knoll, together with other victims, had the intention of creating jobs and housing for people with physical disabilities and thereby offering them a quality of life.
The association now has over 100 self-help groups. The self-help association is a non-profit organization. The work is financed exclusively through the support of sponsors, donors and members.
Club goals
Self-determined life without barriers for people with disabilities
The objectives of the statutes are in detail:
- To enforce self-advocacy and self-determination of people with disabilities,
- To demand and promote participation in society,
- Prevent and reduce discrimination,
- To demand equality for people with disabilities and their inclusion ,
- to contribute to the self-fulfillment of people with physical disabilities,
- promote the dismantling of barriers restricting mobility.
- the implementation of the UN Disability Rights Convention
organization
The association's headquarters are in Krautheim an der Jagst in Baden-Württemberg, where the federal office is also located. In addition, the BSK maintains a representative office in Berlin in order to organize the political representation of interests for people with disabilities on site.
A volunteer team of experts advises the members under the motto Affected people advise those affected ( peer counseling ) on the following topics:
- Transportation
- barrier-free living and building
- Personal budget
- Tools
- Barrier-free tourism
- UN Disability Rights Convention
- Accessibility in public spaces
Members can obtain advice from specialist lawyers (sometimes free of charge) on the following topics:
- Social law
- Medical and medical liability law
- Anti-discrimination law
- Provision, powers of attorney and inheritance law
Institutions of the federal association
- Krautheimer workshops for people with disabilities (printing, print processing, industrial assembly, book trade, electrical waste recycling, metalworking, vocational training)
- Eduard-Knoll-Wohnzentrum: (living space for people with physical disabilities)
- BSK-Reisen (offers of group, active, youth and individual trips for people with physical disabilities, arranging travel assistance)
- Hohenloher integration company HIU: (offers people with disabilities a job on the primary labor market)
- Elsa Krauschitz Foundation: (Promotion of barrier-free forms of living for people with physical disabilities)
Memberships in other associations
- The Paritätische Wohlfahrtsverband
- Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Selbsthilfe eV
- German Association for Rehabilitation eV
- National coordination office for tourism for everyone
- Federal Association Forum of Self-Determined Assistance for Disabled People eV
- Federal Competence Center for Accessibility
Cooperation partner
- German Wheelchair Sports Association
- Representation of interests Self-determined Living Germany eV
- Action man
Regional associations and subdivisions
Over 100 voluntary self-help groups work nationwide as so-called "subdivisions" for the goals of the association. They are structured in state associations or state representations, areas and contact points.
In contrast to the state representations in Brandenburg , Hesse , Lower Saxony , North Rhine-Westphalia , Rhineland-Palatinate , Saarland , Schleswig-Holstein and Thuringia , the state associations are legally independent:
- Self-help for the physically handicapped State Association of Baden-Württemberg eV
- State Association of Self-Help for Physically Disabled Bavaria eV
- BSK Regional Association for Self-Help for the Physically Disabled Berlin eV
- State Association of Self-Help for the Physically Disabled Saxony eV
Publications
- LEBEN & WEG magazine, appears every three months, circulation: 10,000
- as well as numerous advisory brochures, magazines and information services of the subdivisions, such as
- ABC long-term care insurance
- ABC barrier-free building and living
- ABC Therapeutic Products Directive
- ABC anti-discrimination law
- Calendar "Small Gallery 2016 - My Favorite Job"
- BSK holiday destinations 2019 - trips for people with disabilities (group trips, individual trips)
Web links
- www.bsk-ev.org - Homepage of the BSK
- www.bsk-reisen.org - Homepage of BSK Reisen
- www.facebook.com/bskev - Facebook page of the BSK
Individual evidence
- ↑ John Schwaderer - sitegraph.de: German Central Institute for Social Issues "list of donation seal Organizations (alphabetical). In: www.dzi.de. Retrieved August 24, 2016 .
- ^ Federal Office of Justice: List of qualified institutions in accordance with Section 4 of the Injunctive Action Act (UKlaG). Retrieved June 6, 2019 .
- ↑ Media data. In: Homepage of the Federal Association of Self-Help for the Physically Disabled eV Federal Association for Self-Help for the Physically Disabled, accessed on August 24, 2016 .