Asistencia personalun derecho humano para la vida independiente

Abstract

From the beginning and development of the Independent Living Movement, people with functional diversity became aware of their rights as full citizens. One of these is the right to live independently and to be included in the community and to make it real, personal assistance is essential. With the arrival of this movement to Europe, and thanks to its demands, different personal assistance initiatives have been launched and a series of national regulations to regulate this resource have been approved. In this Doctoral Thesis, we analyse the public policies on personal assistance that have been implemented in Sweden, United Kingdom, Germany and Spain. Also, we study, with special attention, the situation of personal assistance in our country.