Federal association for physically and multiply disabled people
The Federal Association for the Physically and Multiple Disabled People eV (bvkm) is an association based in Düsseldorf . This was founded in 1959 by regional associations of parents with physically and multiply disabled children. It sees itself as a self-help association, parents, professional and umbrella association for people with especially physical and multiple disabilities and their families. The chairman of the board is Helga Kiel.
activity
The focus of the work of the Federal Association and its member organizations are people with physical and multiple disabilities and their relatives. They include people with severe and multiple disabilities who are constantly dependent on support, care and attention, as well as people with disabilities, whose lives hardly differ from those of non-disabled people. People with cerebral movement disorders form the largest group.
history
At the end of the 1950s, parents of disabled children formed regional self-help organizations. The few local initiatives founded the federal association in 1959. Around 28,000 families are organized in over 280 regional member organizations (as of 2015).
aims
The aim of the federal association is to design living conditions in such a way that people with disabilities and their families can lead as self-determined a life as possible according to their own ideas. Different forms of life and families are equally supported. Further topics are the social and political participation of disabled people , as well as the support of women as parents of disabled children. The association published several critical statements on prenatal diagnostics , most recently on non-invasive genetic diagnostics .
structure
The regional associations coordinate the work of the local associations in the respective federal state. They act as an intermediary between the federal association and the local associations. You represent the interests of the united people at the state level. The local and district associations are a first point of contact and establish contact with people with disabilities and other parents. They do their work legally independently from the federal association. The around 280 local and district associations operate early intervention and advice centers, family-relieving offers, schools, residential offers and workshops in cities and communities . The people with disabilities united in the clubs and groups represent themselves in the association. The federal association is run by an honorary board. The assembly of the members and the federal committee (country representation of the federal association) monitor the work and determine the guidelines of the association's work.
Publishing house, publications
The publishing house self-determined living is self-publishing. In addition to specialist books and introductory literature z. B. on the topics of cerebral movement disorders, intellectual disabilities, severe multiple disabilities, the publisher publishes well over 80 specialist books on legal, social, psychological and everyday topics for people with disabilities in all areas of life, for their relatives and for professionals. In addition, the federal association publishes three journals:
- "Das Band" magazine is the association's information platform and is aimed at parents, relatives, volunteers and those who are professionally involved.
- The MiMMi is an abbreviation for Mitmach-Mädchenmagazin-Mittendrin. It is a magazine in which girls and young women with and without disabilities have their say.
- The "Fritz und Frida" is a magazine by and for women and men with disabilities, it was created as part of a three-year project for this group of people.
The association also offers presentation material on issues relating to disability and migration in German, English, French, Russian and Turkish.
Web links
literature
- Specialized Lexicon of Social Work , Ed .: German Association for Public and Private Welfare eV, Baden-Baden: Nomos-Verlag, 7th edition 2011 ISBN 978-3-8329-5153-5
Footnotes
- ↑ https://www.jugendhilfeportal.de/institution/bundesverband-fuer-koerper-und-mehrfachbehinderte-ev/
- ↑ http://bvkm.de/ueber-uns/verband/
- ↑ Opinion of BVKM to accommodate selective tests in the standard care
- ↑ Regional associations ( Memento from March 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Fachkäfteportal of Children and Youth Services
- ↑ Textbooks and brochures from the bvkm ( Memento from March 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Multilingual material on disability and migration ( Memento from March 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive )