Forum for self-determined assistance for disabled people
| Forum for self-determined assistance for disabled people | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Registered association |
| founding | April 18, 1997 |
| Seat | Mulfingen , Baden-Wuerttemberg |
| motto | The highest degree of injustice is feigned justice (Plato) |
| main emphasis | Disabled people with assistance needs |
| method | public relation |
| Action space | Germany |
| people | Elke Bartz, Gerhard Bartz |
| Website | www.forsea.de |
The Forum for Self- Determined Assistance for Disabled People ( ForseA ) is a self-help organization that supports people with disabilities in living outside of inpatient facilities even with a high need for assistance . The registered association was founded in 1997. The seat of the association is Mulfingen in Baden-Württemberg .
aims
The goals according to the statutes are:
- a) To show in public that a life of self-determination for people using assistants depends to a large extent on the quality of the assistance (help) granted by society to disabled people,
- b) to achieve that every handicapped person can realize the right to the assistance he needs in order to lead a life in freedom and self-determination.
Means and methods
The association is active in public relations and politically active. In various committees he advocates legislation that grants disabled people equal opportunities in all areas of life.
Campaigns (selection)
- 1998: Street of Human Rights Violations on May 30, 1998 in Kassel together with the advocacy group Self-Determined Living
- 2001: Disabled people on tour - for human dignity in care with 60 events in 30 cities
- 2002: Fair assistance with 31 events
- 2004: March out of the institutions - tear down the walls!
- 2009: Campaign for a needs-based, income and wealth-independent law on social participation
Publications
- The member magazine INFORUM appears quarterly and provides information on topics such as assistance , personal budgets and long-term care insurance .
- Documentation on the tour for human dignity in care
- 20 years of assistance - disabled people on the way to more self-determination
- Fair assistance
- Handbook Personal Budget - A handbook for beneficiaries - Decision support (by Elke Bartz)
Elke Bartz Prize
On the occasion of the passing of the founding chairwoman Elke Bartz, the board decided to donate the Elke Bartz Prize, which will be awarded once a year, starting in 2010, to people who have made a contribution to the self-determined life of disabled people.
Award winners
- 2010 Ilja Seifert for his services to the self-determination of disabled people
- 2011 Silvia Schmidt for her excellent work for the rights of disabled people in terms of self-determined participation in life in the community
- 2012 Andreas Vega for his outstanding commitment to the rights of people with disabilities
further activities
- Advanced training
- Committee work, for example: Participation in the personal budget working group of the Federal Rehabilitation Working Group (BAR)
- Cooperation with organizations and initiatives such as the self-determined living association and the Home Instead of Home initiative
- Lawyer network
- Training of budget advisors
literature
- Claus Fussek , Gottlob Schober: In the network of the care mafia . Goldmann Verlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3442155590 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry in the register of associations at the Berlin-Charlottenburg District Court, No. VR 17424, Forum Self-determined Assistance for Disabled People eV from June 3, 1997.
- ↑ Inforum, Mulfingen-Hollenbach, 1998-, ZDB -ID 2242292-4 .
- ^ Elke Bartz Prize , accessed on January 31, 2013.
- ↑ Elke Bartz Prize 2011 ( Memento of the original from May 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on January 31, 2013.
- ↑ Elke Bartz Prize 2012 ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on January 31, 2013.
