Online conference organised by CHA and ENIL
Monday 26 June 2023, 10:00 – 17:00, in French and English
Join us for the online conference “Personal assistance and deinstitutionalisation” organised by the Coordination Handicap et Autonomie – Vie Autonome France and ENIL. Personal assistance for independent living is a right guaranteed by Article 19 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, ratified in 2010 by France. Through a comparison between European practices and the French context, we will try to show that independent living with the help of personal assistance is possible in France, within the framework of a deinstitutionalisation process.
Agenda
The morning, from 10:00 – 12:30 :
| 1. | Welcome and opening of the conference by moderator Etienne Membrives, President, CHA | |
| 2. | Differences between personal assistance and home care: Dr Teodor Mladenov, University of Dundee, Scotland | |
| 3. | Personal assistance in Slovenia, the problem of understanding independent living: Elena Pečarič and Klaudija Poropat, YHD – Association for the Theory and Culture of Handicap, Slovenia | |
| 4. | Reflections to make accessible an understanding of the stakes of the autonomist ethics in the Auxiliary of life : The autonomist ADV collective | |
| 5. | Personal assistance as a communication and decision-making aid: teaming up for true independent living: Nicolas Joncour, Clé-AUTISTES with his personal assistant Claire Grosbois / JAG | |
| 6. | Independent Living Policies in the European Union: Kamil Goungor, ENIL Policy & Movement Support Officer | |
| 7. | Debate | |
The afternoon, from 13:30 – 17:00 :
| 8. | Personal assistance and deinstitutionalisation under the Convention: Catherinne Pedreros, Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, UN | |
| 9. | Independent Living and Personal Assistance: Adolf Ratzka | |
| 10. | How to reconcile the right to autonomy and labour law in the French context? Christine Martin, CHA and Leny Marques, CHLEE | |
| 11. | Discussion around the reading of Zig Blanquer‘s “handmade” text | |
| 12. | Specialised institutions, a positive imagination to be dismantled : The Devalidators | |
| 13. | Training (independent living principles) / peer support: Mathilde Fuchs (CHA) | |
| 14. | Debate | |
| 15. | Closing of the conference | |
