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In many countries, such as Canada, the Netherlands, the Nordic countries and the United Kingdom, the right to personal assistance for disabled people has been developed and incorporated into legislation (Autio and Sjöblom 2014 Autio, Anu and Stina Sjöblom. 2014. “Vammaislainsäädännön kansainvälinen selvitys. Katsaus tilanteeseen kuudessa maassa.” [Report on International Disability Legislation. Review of the Situation in Six Countries] Discussion paper 38/2014, National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland. In Sweden, the Act Concerning Support and Services to Persons with Certain Functional Impairments, including the right to personal assistance, came into force in 1994. The intention was to advance individual support, self-determination and participation in society for disabled people with comprehensive support needs (SCS 1993 SCS (Swedish Code of Statutes). 1993:387. Act concerning Support and Services to Persons with Certain Functional Impairments. Stockholm: Ministry of Health and Social Affairs. Sweden, as well as many other western countries, is described as an individualistic society where the importance of individual independence, or autonomy, is stressed. Accordingly, individuals are expected to be self-sufficient and welfare rights are ascribed to the individual to promote his or her autonomy and lessen dependency on families. In spite of this, research has shown patterns of extensive informal support for older people and strong norms of family solidarity in Sweden as well as the other Nordic countries (Daatland and Lowenstein 2005 Daatland, S. O., and A. Lowenstein. 2005. “Intergenerational Soli- Darity and the Family Welfare State Balance.” European Journal of Ageing 2: 174–182. Support needs long served as a basis for conceptualizing disabled people as passive and dependent (Fine and Glendinning 2005 Fine, Michael, and Caroline Glendinning. 2005. “Dependence, Independence or Inter-Dependence? Revisiting the Concepts of ‘Care’ and ‘Dependency’.” Ageing and Society 25 (04): 601–621. 10. Read the full paper: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09687599.2017.1375900 -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. To check if the post reached the list or to search for old posting, reach: https://www.mail-archive.com/ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in/maillist.html _______________________________________________ Ai mailing list Ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in http://accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in/mailman/listinfo/ai
