Io, Cittadino! The Italian Self-Advocacy movement – ETR

Inclusion Europe member Anffas has made a new self-advocacy group called “Io, Cittadino!”This is very good news because it is the first self-advocacy group in Italy!They will work with EPSA to speak up for persons with intellectual disabilities.This project started in December 2015 after our Hear Our Voices conference for self-advocates took place in Rome. In September Anffas celebrated...

Io, Cittadino! The Italian Self-Advocacy movement
etr Inclusion Europe member Anffas has made
a new self-advocacy group called “Io, Cittadino!”This is very good news because
it is the first self-advocacy group in Italy!They will work with EPSA to speak up
for persons with intellectual disabilities.This project started in December 2015 after
our Hear Our Voices conference for self-advocates
took place in Rome.

In September Anffas celebrated the
start of “Io, Cittadino!” with an event.
Over 400 people came.

Among them was Senada Halilcevic
who is a board member of Inclusion Europe
and a member of the EPSA steering group.

You can read her speech from the day here.

 

 

 

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