Elisabeta Moldovan wants people with disabilities to get out of institutions – Easy to read

Elisabeta Moldovan is co-president of Ceva de spus. Elisabeta Moldovan wants that people with disabilities get out of institutions.

Elisabeta Moldovan wants people with disabilities to get out of institutions - Easy to read

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Elisabeta Moldovan is the

co-president of Ceva de spus.

 

Elisabeta Moldovan is from Romania.

Ceva de spus is an NGO which gathers adults.

 

The adults are self-advocates

who have every kind of disability.

 

Ceva de spus has 3 goals.

Ceva de spus wants to end institutionalisation.

Ceva de spus wants accessibility.

Ceva de spus wants to raise awareness.

 

Elisabeta Moldovan told 2 stories

about her life in an institution.

What is a birthday?

Elisabeta Moldovan was 11 years old.

when Elisabeta Moldovan’s teacher

gave her a bag of sweets.

 

Elisabeta Moldovan asked the teacher

why Elisabeta Moldovan should give

the bag of sweets to her classmates.

 

The teacher told her that it’s

Elisabeta Moldovan’s birthday.

 

But Elisabeta Moldovan didn’t

know what a birthday is.

 

The teacher explained to

her what a birthday is.

I was happy that the man just beat me

Elisabeta Moldovan moved to an

institution where Elisabeta Moldovan

had to work in the garden.

 

But Elisabeta Moldovan didn’t like it.

 

So, Elisabeta Moldovan and her

friends hid in the attic of the institution.

 

A man who worked in the

institution found them.

 

The man brought them to the

basement of the institution.

 

The man took out his

belt and beat them.

 

Elisabeta Moldovan was happy

that the man didn’t rape her.

Now I support people with disabilities to get out of institutions

disability

16,607 people with disabilities

are still living in institutions.

 

People with disabilities deserve

to live in the community.

 

Ceva de spus and another NGO

called Unloc help people with

disabilities to live in the community.

Every person has the right to live in the community

Politicians don’t respect the CRPD.

 

The CRPD says that every person

has the right to live in the community

and to have access to services.

 

Politicians want to keep people

with disabilities in institutions.

 

Every year 1,500 people with

disabilities die in institutions.

 

Elisabeta Moldovan asks for

the European Union to stop

giving money to the countries

which don’t end institutionalisation.

Our work brings the voice of people with intellectual disabilities and their families where decisions about their future are made.

This has always been incredibly important. It is even more so with the Covid pandemic drastic impact on their rights and lives.

Being visible and vocal on issues directly affecting millions of people requires your support. 

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