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

Cooperation partner

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 .

[1] John Schwaderer - sitegraph.de: German Central Institute for Social Issues "list of donation seal Organizations (alphabetical). In: www.dzi.de. Retrieved August 24, 2016 .

[:02-2] Federal Office of Justice: List of qualified institutions in accordance with Section 4 of the Injunctive Action Act (UKlaG). Retrieved June 6, 2019 .

[3] 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 .