{"id":3245,"date":"2018-12-29T17:32:44","date_gmt":"2018-12-29T15:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/test.peoplefirst.hu\/news\/conference-about-personal-assistance-in-hungary\/"},"modified":"2023-10-23T17:57:46","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T15:57:46","slug":"conference-about-personal-assistance-in-hungary","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/peoplefirst.hu\/en\/news\/conference-about-personal-assistance-in-hungary\/","title":{"rendered":"Conference about Personal Assistance in Hungary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Article on the site of\u00a0\u00a0European Network on Independent Living – ENIL<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s Talk About Personal Assistance<\/h1>\n
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How to set up the system of Personal Assistance in Hungary for persons with disabilities<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In the Hungarian disability movement, great work was done by many disabled persons and their allies, for example Gy\u00f6rgy K\u00f6nczei, P\u00e1l Gad\u00f3, G\u00e1bor Zalabai, L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Hajdi (ZALABAI P-N\u00c9 1997). Hungarian IL Centers (\u00d6\u00c9K) were organized in the \u201890s with the aim to support persons with severe disabilities and to offer counselling to professionals (ZALABAI P-N\u00c9 2009). Magdolna Jelli, a disabled activist herself, was the president of the\u00a0Disabled Peoples\u2019 Independent Life Association (\u00d6N\u00c9)<\/em>. Some of the services she introduced back then, such as the\u00a0Ferryman Service<\/em>, which is a peer support group, still work (JELLI M. and HEGYES F. \u00c9.N.;\u00a0https:\/\/onalloelet.hu\/<\/a>), but until today, personal assistance (PA) could not be established in a systematic way.<\/p>\n

On the 13th November 2018 the\u00a0Sixth Disability Studies Conference<\/a>\u00a0was held in Budapest. The conference was organized by the ELTE University\u2019s B\u00e1rczi Guszt\u00e1v Faculty of Special Needs Education. We invited Tom Shakespeare as a keynote speaker, who summarized the conclusions of a research project about PA relationships in the UK. His lecture was followed by a panel discussion about the possibilities of introducing PA services in Hungary. Our reason to choose this topic was, that although our state has ratified the UN CRPD in 2007, there are still only a few active PA users in Hungary, who need to finance their assistance completely from their private resources.<\/p>\n

As a next step, to better understand the background of the possibilities and difficulties of PA, we invited disabled persons, allies and potential personal assistants to talk about their experiences. As some of the few Hungarian PA users, Zsuzsa Antal, K\u00e1roly T\u00f3th and D\u00e1niel Cs\u00e1ng\u00f3 shared their personal knowledge about the everyday practice of PA. All three speakers are activists and participatory teachers at the ELTE University, working on the social inclusion of persons with disabilities on different levels.<\/p>\n

Our goal is to continue the establishment of the Hungarian network of user led PA services by collecting and sharing information and experience regarding PA, to support and disseminate the conclusions of participatory researches on connected issues and to generate discourse in the Hungarian judicial and social context. We aim to generate an empowered local forum which connects international knowledge regarding PA systems with the Hungarian framework to successfully constitute accessible PA services.<\/p>\n

JELLI M. and HEGYES F. Disabled Peoples\u2019 Independent Life Association, Budapest, Hungary [on-line<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 accessed: 01.11.2018]<\/p>\n

ZALABAI P-N\u00c9 (1997). \u00d6n\u00e1ll\u00f3 \u00e9letvitel \u00e9s szem\u00e9lyi seg\u00edt\u00e9s (English: Independent Living and Personal Assistance) [on-line<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 accessed: 01.11.2018]. Es\u00e9ly, Vol. 8., No. 5. pp. 56-70.<\/p>\n

ZALABAI P-N\u00c9 (2009). \u00d6n\u00e1ll\u00f3 \u00e9letvitelt seg\u00edt\u0151 eszk\u00f6z\u00f6k, munkahelyi akad\u00e1lymentes\u00edt\u00e9s \u00e9s munkaeszk\u00f6z\u00f6k adapt\u00e1ci\u00f3ja. Jegyzet (English: Tools for Independent Living, Workplace Accessibility and Adaption of Work Equipment) [on-line<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 accessed: 01.11.2018]. ELTE BGGYK, Budapest.<\/p>\n

Anik\u00f3 S\u00e1ndor, D\u00e1niel Cs\u00e1ng\u00f3, K\u00e1roly T\u00f3th, Zsuzsanna Antal, Zsuzsanna Kunt<\/p>\n

Activists and allies, ELTE University<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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