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Title: The Disability Activists

Country: Denmark

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Form(s) of actions:

Social media actions, publishing, participation in political discussions/debates.

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Type(s) of actions: 

Service monitoring, change of law, public expressions of disobeidience, publishing consequences of municipal cutbacks in residential intitutions for citizens with physical disabilities.

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Summary:

The group aims to increase the quality of residential institutions for people with physical disabilities.

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Aim:

To fight for better conditions at residential institutions for people with physical disabilities in Denmark.

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Main stakeholders:

Relatives to physical disabled people in Denmark.

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Issues addressed:

The municipalities want to save money and do cutbacks on areas which make lives of people with physical disability worse.

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Outcome:

More cases get reopened after Handicapaktivisterne publish and document some of the consequenses of the actions of the municipality of Copenhagen.

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Sustainability:

To keep supporting people’s rights and make sure that politicians keep their word.

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Link(s):  https://www.facebook.com/groups/287029405507414/

Data source: FB

 

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