Mart Ney, Author at National Platform of Self Advocates

Have your say about Disability Rights in Ireland

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is an international human rights treaty which aims to protect the rights and dignity of all disabled people. Ireland has signed up to the UN CRPD and has agreed that disabled people should have the same support and treatment as everyone else.

Because Ireland signed the Convention it must send reports to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to say how they are making the lives of people better.

The first report from the Irish Government is now due. This is called a State Party Report.

A group of organisations made up of disabled people will also give the Committee a report. This group is called the DPO Coalition and their report is called a Shadow Report. This report will give information on how well the Government has done in ensuring people enjoy their human rights.

The National Platform is a member of the DPO Coalition.

We want to know what your life is like and what you think the Government should do to make sure people get their human rights.

We have created a survey to make it easy for you to tell us what your life is like. You can also tell us what you think the Government should do to make sure people have their human rights.

This survey is a chance for you to give us feedback on your life. The survey asks questions about different areas of your life. The answers you give will help us write the Shadow Report.

You can choose to fill in the whole survey or you can pick the sections that are important to you.

The information you give us is private. You do not have to give us your name.

There are three parts to the survey.

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What is the DPO Coalition?

DPO Coalition

A group of Disabled Persons Organisations (DPOs) have formed a coalition to develop a shadow report to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in Ireland.

The members of the DPO Coalition are:

As I Am – Ireland’s National Autism Advocacy Organisation.

Disabled Women Ireland

Independent Living Movement Ireland (ILMI)

Irish Deaf Society (IDS)

National Platform of Self Advocates – Ireland’s only DPO run by people with learning disabilities

Voice of Vision Impairment (VVI)

Ireland’s Report on the United National Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is also known as the UNCRPD.
The UNCRPD is an agreement between countries.
It says what countries have to do to make sure that persons with disabilities have the same rights as everyone else.
It says they must have rules and laws to protect the rights of persons with disabilities.
The UNCRPD makes sure that persons with disabilities are treated equally and fairly.
In March 2018, Ireland agreed to put the UNCRPD into action.
It says what Ireland is doing now and what we plan to do in the future.
The report is put together by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.

Here is the plain English version of the government’s report.

UNCRPD Irish Government Drfat report Easy to Read

Learn about the UNCRPD

The presentation below is an opportunity to learn about the CRPD and what it means for you. We also explain about how Ireland reports to the UN and how you can become involved in this process. This video and the webinar where the content was originally presented are part of a process to create a Shadow Report to the UN on CRPD by the Disabled Persons Coalition (DPO Coalition) of which The National Platform is a member.

Improving Access to Paid Employment for People with Intellectual Disability

In September 2019, the National Platform of Self Advocates was successful in engaging a research grant from The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) to examine the barriers and potential answers to increasing the participation and retention of people with intellectual disabilities in employment.

Additional information about IHREC is available at www.ihrec.ie.

In order to ensure that employers are included in our recommendations to addressing the problem of poor inclusion strategies of people with intellectual disabilities in employment the National Platform is interested in learning how employers in various sectors feel they can successfully recruit and retain employees with intellectual disabilities. Your participation would add greatly to the success of this effort to identify successful practices and share them with other employers and policy makers. To this end we would be grateful if you would complete our survey which will take 5 minutes.
The link to our survey is:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5T86QBV

Individually identifiable data will be accessible only to the authorised researcher. Individual responses will be analysed only in combination with other responses collected nationwide. The responses will not be linked with your organisation or with your name.
If you have any questions or concerns about participating in this research you may call:

Supervisory Research Analyst, The National Platform of Self Advocates Research Team – 091 55 75 95

Thank you for your assistance in this important research.

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