On 15 October, our webinar, “Deinstitutionalisation of People with Disabilities: 20 Years of the UNCRPD: From Rights on Paper to Community Based Reality,” brought together OPD leaders and representatives from government and international NGOs to explore how rights on paper can translate into meaningful inclusion in the community.
A key message emerged from the discussion: deinstitutionalisation is about more than closing institutions. It means creating communities and support systems where people with disabilities have genuine choice, control and opportunities to participate on an equal basis.
The panel highlighted the importance of community based support, peer support and supported decision making, while ensuring these approaches do not reproduce institutional control.
Central to this is the leadership of people with disabilities and their representative organisations, with lived experience recognised as expertise in shaping reform.
Watch the full webinar here:
A big thank you to our wonderful partners at the AFDO – Australian Federation Of Disability Organisations, CBM Australia, and Transforming Communities for Inclusion (TCI Global) for jointly organising this webinar with ADDC, and to our guest speakers from 臺ç£å¤±åºè€…è¯ç›Ÿ (Tawain Mad Alliance), the Psychiatric Survivors Association of Fiji and the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) for sharing their insights and expertise.