survivors

Paul Alford talks about his journey to become an independent-living person with an intellectual disability.

Kudlicka is a Czech self-advocate who talks about his experience in moving out of an institution and becoming independent-living in the community.

Elisabeta Moldovan's speech at the opening session of our Europe in Action to End Segregation conference, 7 September 2022 in Brussels.

Story from Petr Laník who lived in an institution.

Europe for us is our newsletter for self-advocates. It is written in easy-to-read.

Inclusion Europe interviewed László Bercse, as part of the End Segregation campaign.

Senada Halilčević was interviewed about ending segregation for people with intellectual disabilities and shared her story.

Our director Milan Šveřepa: "I spent 2 days in Croatia last week learning about the situation of children and of adults with intellectual disabilities being segregated in institutions."

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.