Disability in Denmark
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This page has curated news from Denmark. There are a total of 9 links.
Contents
- Civil Society and Community
- Communication and Language
- Economics and Social Protection
- Independent Living and Deinstitutionalization
- Lived Experience and Opinion
- Mental Health
- Policy and Rights
- Sport and Paralympics
Civil Society and Community
Interview with Ask Løvbjerg Abildgaard, Views of life interview with the President of Dansk Blindesamfund, on the current situation of visually impaired people in Denmark. (2023, ORF)
Communication and Language
Sign Languages
More than Signs: International Sign as Distributed Practice:
“This article makes a case for understanding International Sign (IS) as a distributed practice. IS, a translingual practice, arose from interactions among individuals from diverse linguistic backgrounds, integrating signs from multiple national sign languages and leveraging iconic and transparent features of sign language lexicons and grammars. At the heart of IS is the principle of calibration, an adaptive process aimed at aligning signs to foster mutual understanding.” (2024, Signs and Society)
Economics and Social Protection
Social Protection
AI-powered welfare system fuels mass surveillance and risks discriminating against marginalized groups, including people with disabilities. (2024, Amnesty International)
Independent Living and Deinstitutionalization
Conditions in Institutions
Denmark apologizes for abuse of people with disabilities “The Danish government has apologized to thousands of people with disabilities who were abused in state-run facilities. The ill-treatment took place over decades and left deep emotional and physical scars.” (2023, DW)
Lived Experience and Opinion
Dealing with chronic illness isolation by becoming my best friend “Isolation due to chronic illness is incredibly traumatic and soul-wrenching. I deal with it by becoming my own best friend. Here are my practices.” (2023, The Bed Perspective)
Mental Health
“Mental health is declining in Denmark” and the plan to tackle the inefficiencies in the mental healthcare system through the next ten years. (2022, Unbias the News)
Policy and Rights
Effective Participation in the International Monitoring of the UNCRPD? The Experience of the Disability Movement in Denmark, Hungary and France. Showing how Organisations of Persons with Disabilities “significantly influenced each country’s reporting process at the UN level”. (Jan, Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research)
Second-week update of 31st CRPD Committee Session. With reviews of Ghana, Belarus, Belgium, Denmark, Mauritius and Ukraine. (2024, IDA)
Sport and Paralympics
6-year-old girl not allowed to participate in sports because of her visual impairment (In Danish, 2024, TV FYN)