History of the disability movement in Austria
| Duration | running until june 2018 |
| Funding | Universität Salzburg, bidok, Selbstbestimmt Leben Innsbruck, Department of education in Innsbruck, Department of Education of the University of Vienna |
| Project website | http://bidok.uibk.ac.at/projekte/behindertenbewegung/ |
Since 1945, organisations of people with disabilities in Austria have been trying to improve social rights and equality. Starting in the 1970s, a new movement has emerged that demands self-representation and the implementation of human rights. An online research platform presents documents on the history of this particular movement – the SELBSTBESTIMMT LEBEN BEWEGUNG (movement for self-determined life) – and their analysis of disability policy in Austria as part of a memory of the disability movement.
Academic project team
- A.o.Univ.-Prof. i.R. Dr. Volker Schönwiese (University of Innsbruck & chairman of BIDOK)
- Univ. Ass. Dr. Sascha Plangger (University of Innsbruck, Institute of Educational Science)
- Dr.in Gertraud Kremsner (University of Vienna, Centre for Teacher Education)
- Benjamin Emberger, BA (University of Vienna, Department of Education)
- Mag.a Christine Riegler (University of Innsbruck, Institute of Educational Science)