Independent Living

Inclusion Europe is delighted to see The Zero Project Innovative Practices and Policies 2019 include 4 by our members.They are: Housing and person-centred support by SUMERO, Bosnia and Herzegovina. A graphic novel called Becoming Eli by Ceva de spus, Romania. Read also:...

To show the importance of having the right to decide about one's own life, we made reports on various aspects of legal capacity. These aspects are aligned with our 5E's campaigns for full rights and inclusion strategy 2018-2022.

Barbora Mikulová lives in the north of Bohemia, in a town with 18.000 inhabitants. She spent virtually her entire life in homes and institutions. But finally, she moved to her own place. We asked her about how she managed to leave the institution and how her life has improved since then.

Silence, stigma, not being believed: This is what makes it so difficult to talk about violence against women. For women with intellectual disabilities, these barriers are even higher – especially if they are living in institutions, segregated from the rest of society, with no one who would listen.