Title: Living Library
Country: AUSTRIA
Form(s) of actions:
Storytelling
Type(s) of actions
Education-Event
Summary
The interest organisation IDEE aims to involve experts with lived experience in planning and decision-making processes in accordance with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD). A library event “living books” raised awareness that persons affected should be listened to and their experiential knowledged should be appreciated.
Aim:
As “living books”, those affected talked about their way out of the mental crisis. IDEE Austria thus calls for the destigmatization of mental illness and creates a safe space for those affected and their families.
Main stakeholders:
IDEE Austria (the independent interest group of experience experts in mental health).
Issues addressed:
As “living books”, those affected talked about their way out of the mental crisis. IDEE Austria thus calls for the destigmatization of mental illness and creates a safe space for those affected and their families.
Outcome
N/A
Sustainability
N/A
Link(s): https://www.dv-idee.at/aktuelles/nachrichten/lebende-buecher-erzaehlen/
Data source: Media analysis