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Conference Agenda (Subject to confirmation. Full agenda to be provided to registered delegates prior to conference)

9.15 am - Registration 10.00 am - Who’s paying for what and what are service users receiving? Setting the scene on PA and other assistance services. 10.30 am - Reflections on Independent Living • Personal Assistance and Support Services – perspectives of service users. • Moving on – those who have recently begun to experience Independent Living. • Self Directed Services and Direct Payments. • Minister for State at Department of Health and Children has been invited to respond.

Independent Living

12.15 pm - Independent Advocacy and Independent Living Citizens Information Board and advocacy partners talk about the reality of advocacy.

The Dublin Experience

1.00 - 2.00 pm - Lunch

A conference about the status of Independent Living Services in Dublin.

2.00 pm - Workshops • Independent Living and impact on education/employment/arts and cultural participation. • The role of Greater Dublin Independent Living in supporting people with disabilities in Dublin.

Friday November 27th 2009, 9:15 am – 4:00 pm Ballsbridge Court Hotel, Pembroke Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. Hosted by Greater Dublin Independent Living

Greater Dublin Independent Living is a peer led organization for people with disabilities in Dublin City and County. We are part of the wider Centres for Independent Living movement. The goal of GDIL is to provide information, advocacy and peer support to those who wish to experience Independent Living. We provide independent professional advocacy through hosting the Dublin Leader Advocacy Service, which is one of the Citizens Information Board’s community and voluntary sector advocacy services for people with disabilities.

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Independent Living, The Dublin Experience - Registration Form

Independent Living, The Dublin Experience is a user

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led conference where people with physical and sensory

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disabilities will gather to reflect and speak out on the ways

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in which we live our lives, the challenges we face and the

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supports required to experience Independent Living.

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If yes, are you bringing anyone to the conference to assist you?

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The conference will be attended mainly by people with disabilities; we are also inviting those working for service providers, those that commission services in the Health Service Executive and officials in the Disability sections in the Department of Health and Children and the Department of Social and Family Affairs.

Are there any additional access requirements you may need? ................................................................................................................................. ................................................................................................................................. ................................................................................................................................. ................................................................................................................................. If you work for a service provider/disability organisation please give details. ................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................

Some of the issues which are to be discussed by speakers at the conference include: • The waiting lists for PA services and types of services available. • The way in which Independent Living Services are commissioned and monitored. • Self directed services and direct payments.

................................................................................................................................. ................................................................................................................................. Please specify any specific dietary requirements you have. ................................................................................................................................. ................................................................................................................................. ................................................................................................................................. Closing date for the receipt of registration forms – 5pm Monday, November 2nd 2009 Please send forms to Greater Dublin Independent Living, 21 Hill Street, Dublin 1. Or email [email protected].

• Impact of Independent Living Supports on access to education, employment and social and cultural life. Central to the conference is the issue of how Article 19 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled People is enacted in Ireland. The article recognises “ the equal right of all persons with disabilities to live in the community, with choices equal to others, and shall take effective and appropriate measures to facilitate full enjoyment by persons with disabilities of this right and their full inclusion and participation in the community.”