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Inclusive Communities = Stronger Communities<br />
GLOBAL REPORT ON ARTICLE 19: THE RIGHT TO LIVE AND BE INCLUDED IN THE COMMUNITY<br />
75<br />
‰ Institutions<br />
The continued existance of institutions in high<br />
income countries reflects in part the failure of service<br />
systems to deliver adequate, flexible and self-directed<br />
supports to people with intellectual disabilities. We<br />
heard from our member organizations in countries<br />
where residential institutions continue to exist that<br />
they continue to consume a disproportionate<br />
percentage of resources while serving a comparitively<br />
small percentage of people needing supports. They<br />
continue to exist due to pressure from staff,<br />
sometimes from families and from local legislators<br />
who are focused more on jobs than on the best way<br />
to support people with an intellectual disabilities.<br />
Supporting People in Low Income Countries<br />
In low income countries the infrastructure of services for<br />
the general population is limited and the services available<br />
to support people with disabilities and particularly people<br />
with intellectual disabilities are almost non-existent.<br />
Where disability related services do exist they are often<br />
provided by internationally funded NGOs and most often<br />
they are focused on services for people with physical and<br />
sensory disabilities. They are heavily centered on medical<br />
programmes and continue to be based on a medical<br />
model of disability.<br />
We heard from national member organizations in Latin<br />
America, Africa, MENA, Asia and Eastern Europe about the<br />
particular issues that impact on living and being included<br />
in the community.<br />
Key Issues:<br />
‰ Poverty<br />
One of the key factors which members reported that<br />
prevent people from being included in their<br />
SOUTH AFRICA “We used to have<br />
our children with intellectual disabilities<br />
in the institutions before – We did not<br />
know what to do with regard to their<br />
care. But we were not happy with the<br />
care at the institutions we therefore<br />
took them out.¨ Some of the parents<br />
of children with disabilities are thinking<br />
of starting a day care centre to keep<br />
their children busy during the day and<br />
teach them different sports including<br />
dancing. But they are challenged by<br />
lack of resources and appropriate<br />
space to carry out the activities. They<br />
do not prefer institution life for their<br />
children. They said chances are that<br />
they could be ill-treated as abuse is<br />
rife in the institutions.