About the WP8

ELLA (WP8)
WHY?

Private Life Concepts: we aim to explore issues relating to the inclusion of peoples with disabilities in society, by helping persons with disabilities achieve balance and success in their Private Life. The main question we would like to answer: Is it possible for disabled to have relationships, marriages, sex, and possibility to have children? 




WHAT?

Main aims:
§  to explore issues of disability, particularly relating to sex education and the ability of disabled people to form sexual relationships within EU member states.
§  to challenge negative attitudes and stigmas around these issues within families, communities and policy makers within EU member states.
§  to explore non-traditional working methods of engaging with disabled peoples with regard to social skills, and devise innovative methods and techniques for including disabled people into society.
§  to provide better communication and better understanding between disabled people and not disabled part of community
§  to help persons with disabilities achieve balance and success in the Private Life
§  to share learning and experiences with partners from other countries

Main strategies:
  • Analysis of existing literature on these issues regarding the qualities of Private Life amongst disabled people.
  • Private Life Quality research of persons with disabilities:
-     interviews with persons with and without disabilities; development of reporter training
-     analysis of possibilities, opportunities and limitations each person with disabilities has in his/her life and reflect the interaction of personal and environmental factors;
-     assessment of Quality of Personal Life in the areas of Being, Belonging, and Becoming;
-     assessment of persons with disabilities Achievement and Enjoyment  in each of four life aspects: Work, Family, Friends and Self;
-     assessment decision-making and opportunities of persons with disabilities.
  • Designing Model of Successful Private Life of persons with disabilities
  • Designing on-line blog focused on balance and success in the Private Life of persons with disabilities. Publish results of research and Model of Successful Private Life of persons with disabilities
  • Making workshops on advising and coaching for life balance of persons with disabilities  and test methodological approach on Model of Successful Private Life
  • Using theatre and other creative arts to explore these issues with disabled people and the wider community.
Training persons with disabilities to be reporters.
  
WHO?
Partner
Title
Acronym
Contact
Country
P6
Baunataler Diakonie Kassel e. V.
BDKS
Klaus Bertram
Germany
P7
People First e. V.
PF
Huw Ross
Germany
P10
Jaunuoliu dienos centras
JDC
Lina Trebiene
Lithuania
P11
Kindercentra De Roef
KCDR
Ino Cornel
Netherlands
P13
School Jose Saraiva
SJS
Maria Fernandes
Portugal
P14
United in Diversity
UID
Ivana Stajkovic
Serbia
P15
Lindeparken School
LPS
Gunn Ostlund
Sweden
P19
The Derry Playhouse
PD
Max Beer
United Kingdom






 HOW?

Expected results:
Participants from Lithuania, Netherlands, Germany, Portugal, Sweden, Serbia and United Kingdom will gain comprehensive theoretical and practical information on Model of Successful Private Life
Participants are expected to develop their intercultural competence, to widen understanding and developing skills on balance and success in the Private Life in various European countries; to develop media and ICT competence on creating content for on-line blogs; to develop competence on Private Life.
Through blog we aim to reach vast number of people to whom we could promote ideas of Model of Successful Private Life of persons with disabilities.
We will create a theatre or arts based production that will enable disabled people and members of the wider community to see, experience and the issues
The reflection sessions and final evaluation will allow participants constantly reflect on their learning process and outcomes.
We will provide self-assessment tool based on key-competences for Life-long learning, where participants could identify their learning outcomes and the results of self-assessment
Model of Successful Private Life of persons with disabilities will be made as guide for disabled people.
The guide will be designed to provide information about relationships, marriages, sex, and possibility to have children, rights, disability living allowance, adapting home and much more.
The preliminary content of guide:
possibilities, opportunities and limitations. Points to the support disabled can get from the family, friends, local authority, social services, the National Health Service and voluntary organisations;
personal factors what effect private life;
most important Personal Life areas: Being, Belonging, and Becoming;
Achievement and Enjoyment in each of four life aspects: Work, Family, Friends and Self;
decision-making and opportunities
The guide will be placed on web. It will contain lots of helpful information on using practical methods how to achieve balance and success in the Private Life. It will be possible to download the publications which contain useful information on all modes of Successful Private Life of disabled people.