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Senada Halilcevic and Cosmin Milos
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Education - Croatia -Many persons with intellectual disabilities attend special schools or do not go to school -Separated from other children - Fewer opportunities to form friendships with children without disabilities
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-No opportunity to choose high school -Experts or parents decide -Occupations no longer required in the labour market
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-Hard to enroll in regular school -No assistants in the classroom -No adjusted curriculum -Teachers not trained
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Education - Romania -Similar situation with Croatia -Children are discriminated in education -Parents have to fight a lot - Children with disabilities have the right to attend regular schools
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Why is good to be in regular schools: -Feeling part of the community -Not separated -Making many friends -Getting support from friends when others were making bad jokes about me -Studying useful things
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-Problems of accessing UNI and classes -We made a list of the problems -We sent the list to the vice-chancellor -He invited us to discussions -We are working on the action plan together -We want a fully accessible UNI in 2015 Access to University
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Legal capacity - Croatia -Most persons deprived of legal capacity at the age of 18 -No right to decide about themselves - Guardian makes decisions
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Legal capacity - Romania -the parents are advised by the state workers to deprive their children of legal capacity -the reason is the bigger state allowance
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Deprived of legal capacity cannot: -vote, -establish an association or be a member of an association, -sign contracts, -work for money - manage money -get married without approval from the guardian and the court, -decide whom you will live with, -decide where you will live.
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Live in the community means: - to make choices, to decide - to go to regular schools - to have my pocket money - to have a fairly payed job - to not be discriminated - to receive but also give support - to have friends and go out with them - to have hobbies - to have a home chosen by me
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Barriers for community living: -lack of support and personal assistants -lack of easy to understand information (newspapers, public institutions) -lack of access to education -lack of opportunities for employment -lack of community service providers -attitude of society towards people with disabilities
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Barriers for community living: -lack of support for starting a family, having kids -lack of support for families with children with disabilities -lack of access to health service -disability is not a priority for politicians -lack of physical accessibility -lack of access to justice
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Zaključak: Diskriminacija i nepristupačnost Nedostatak obrazovanja Nema novaca, samostalnosti, nema osjećaja korisnosti u društvu nema obiteljskog života, nema prijatelja siromašan život.
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Conclusion: Discrimination and inaccessibility lack of education no jobs no money, dependence, not feeling useful to society no family life, no friends poor life
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WE WANT A BETTER LIFE!
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