Social Entrepreneurs and NGOs for People with Mental Disabilities in Post-Communist Europe: Implications for International Policy

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dc.contributor.author Holland, Daniel
dc.date.accessioned 2018-08-08T23:29:46Z
dc.date.available 2018-08-08T23:29:46Z
dc.date.issued 2010
dc.description.abstract Disability activists and disability non-governmental organization (NGO) leaders in post-communist Central Europe have been among the most instrumental force for promoting disability rights and community-based living initiatives in their formerly communist countries. During an on-going period of massive economic and political transition, these disability activists and NGO leaders managed to take advantage of emerging civil society freedoms and have established innovative models for the promotion of disability issues throughout the post-communist region. Of particular note are those initiatives that have addressed the needs of people with mental disabilities. The use of the term “mental disabilities” in this article refers to a diverse group of people who share the common experience of institutionalization due to perceived differences in emotion, perception, and/or cognition and who have faced longstanding barriers to community living in communist and post-communist Europe. The following article describes the national and historical contexts for people with mental disabilities in the Visegrad Four countries of Central Europe: Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland. It then highlights a number of innovative disability NGOs that are promoting human rights and community living for people with mental disabilities in each country. Implications for international collaboration with disability NGOs, and the importance of international disability policies, are discussed.
dc.identifier.citation Holland, D. (2010). Social Entrepreneurs and NGOs for People with Mental Disabilities in Post-Communist Europe: Implications for International Policy. Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal, 6(4).
dc.identifier.issn 1552-9215
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10125/58464
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies
dc.relation.ispartofseries vol. 6, no. 4
dc.subject Postcommunist
dc.subject Disability NGO
dc.subject Social Eutrepreneur
dc.subject Disability Policy
dc.title Social Entrepreneurs and NGOs for People with Mental Disabilities in Post-Communist Europe: Implications for International Policy
dc.type Research Articles and Essays
dc.type.dcmi Text
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