Ideologies and Policies for Independent Life and Disability: Personal Assistance Services Supporting the Employment of People with Disabilities in Norway and Poland
Ideologies and Policies for Independent Life and Disability: Personal Assistance Services Supporting the Employment of People with Disabilities in Norway and Poland

Summary/Abstract: In this article we consider the concept of “independent life” for people with disabilities, and attemptsto implement the idea in Norway and Poland, especially in relation to the employment of people with disabilities.Assistant services appear to be so crucial in this regard that they are mentioned in the UN Convention on theRights of Persons with Disabilities (the CRPD, adopted on December 13, 2006). However, the organization ofsuch services in these countries reveals strains resulting in part from misconceptions of what it means to havea disability and what is meant by “independent living.”

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