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Disabled people have the right to choose where they live.
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And who they live with.
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They should have the support they need to live independently.
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Independent means doing things for yourself and making your own decisions.
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What we have done
We have set up a group called the Interest Group on Independent Living and Inclusion.
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The group was set up to help service providers support people to live independently.
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Service providers are the people who are paid to run services.
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They share ideas about how to help people live independently.
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They give advice to organisations about independent living policy.
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Policy is the rules about how we do things.
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We are part of an expert group in Europe that helps people leave institutions and live in the community.
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Institutions are places where disabled people are forced to live apart from non-disabled people.
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When disabled people live in institutions they do not have control over their own lives.
They are not free to make their own choices. |
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A community is a group of people living in the same area.
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Projects help us:
• find out new things
• share information
• and find new ways of working
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to make things better for disabled people.
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The project has made a guide that helps governments change their services from institutions to community care.
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The guide says there is money from the European Union to help governments do this.
The guide shows governments how they can get this money. |
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The European Union is a group of countries whose governments work together.
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We are a partner of the PUSH Europe network.
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PUSH Europe is a group of service providers that support disabled people to live independently.
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They are working to help more disabled people in Europe to live independently.
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