Disability in Netherlands

The Netherlands is still lagging behind in accessibility for wheelchairs. (2023, NL Times)

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Reducing prejudices about people with disabilities interesting to see that it doesn't approve of the simulation exercises (in Dutch, google translate makes some sense, 2022, Movisie)

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TV and Film

Never Seen “is a documentary produced by Naima Abdullahi that offers us a glimpse into the life of Nimco Hersi and shows how she navigates Dutch society as a Black deaf woman” (2023, Casco Art)

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The final year of the disability employment agreement: Given a target of 125,000 jobs for disabled people, 88,000 were created. (In Dutch, Feb, NOS)

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An overview of issues of women and girls with disabilities from an intersectional perspective. (In Dutch, 2024, Alliantie VN-Verdrag Handicap)

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From Institutions to Families? The Changing Allocation of Responsibility for Cognitively Disabled Children in Dutch Postwar Long-Term Care Policies:

“By tracing how responsibility for long-term care has been allocated in the postwar Netherlands in the specific case of children with (cognitive) disabilities, the author will show how ‘the family’ has increasingly been embraced by policymakers as the main responsible party. This is remarkable because the Dutch postwar welfare state sought to loosen family ties in favour of individual arrangements. However, attempts by different stakeholders to deinstitutionalize Dutch health care during the 1990s unintentionally moved the state's responsibility for long-term care not so much onto individuals as onto families.” (2024, Journal of Modern European History)

Insider or outsider? Positionality and doing oral history as a disabled historian. (2024, Rethinking Disability)

Shifting terminology and confusing representations An examination of intellectual disability terminology in Dutch newspapers from 1950 to 2020 (2023, Alter)

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Overview

As Cases Soar, ‘Dementia Villages’ Look Like the Future of Home Care “A new generation of treatment facilities is aiming to integrate dementia patients with the communities around them, blurring lines between home and hospital.” (2023)

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Conditions in Institutions

Inspectorate sees staggering conditions in an institutional setting with abuse of clients. (In Dutch, 2023, NOS)

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Everybody Gains Through Disability Inclusion Dutch Coalition on Disability and Development Strategic Plan 2024-2026. (2024, DCDD)

Dutch Coalition on Disability and Development Annual Report 2022 (Link to pdf, 2023, DCDD)

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Deafblind Ekrem thought he was being robbed but is accused of assaulting police officers. (2024, DNieuws)

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This tiny Dutch vehicle for people with disabilities is taking off: “a compact four-wheeled, two-seat microcar that's unlocking micromobility”. (2022, MIT Technology Review)

An interview about Haltebuddy: personalizing accessibility information in public transport. (2022, Amserdam Intelligence)

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Overview

First week of 31st CRPD Committee Session Updates from Burkina Faso, Benin, and The Netherlands. (2024, IDA)

Dutch amend constitution to specify gay, disabled protections. "an historic day for the disability movement". (2023, Reuters)

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Assisted Dying and Euthanasia

She’s Trying to Stay Ahead of Alzheimer’s. “In the Netherlands, doctors and dementia patients must negotiate a fine line: Assisted death for those without capacity is legal, but doctors won’t do it.” (Feb, New York Times)

Cathelijne Verboeket-Crul wants the end of life to be more bearable. (In Dutch, 2024, NRC)

Dutch woman, 29, granted euthanasia approval on grounds of mental suffering “Zoraya ter Beek, who has chronic depression, anxiety, trauma and unspecified personality disorder, expected to end her life soon” (2024, the Guardian)

Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in people with intellectual disabilities and/or autism spectrum disorders: investigation of 39 Dutch case reports (2012–2021). “Reasons for the EAS request included social isolation and loneliness (77%), lack of resilience or coping strategies (56%), lack of flexibility (rigid thinking or difficulty adapting to change) (44%) and oversensitivity to stimuli (26%).” (2023, BJPsych Open)

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The Daily Paralympics cartoon showing disabled people traversing a street filled with physical barriers. (2024, Tjeerd Royaards)

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