Milan Šveřepa's contribution at the Global Disability Summit side-event, April 2025, Berlin. As organisations of people with intellectual disabilities, and other advocates, we spend a lot of time demanding deinstitutionalisation. We also need to give time to working with those who make it happen. It's about
"The number of people with intellectual or developmental disabilities living in institutions has been declining for decades." "In 2020, 113,819 people with intellectual or developmental disabilities getting long-term supports (who didn’t live with a family member) lived in settings of 7 or more people. "
The last institution for people with intellectual disabilities in Manitoba, Canada, closed its doors for good. Inclusion Canada and Community Living Manitoba celebrate the advocacy that led to the closure of the Manitoba Developmental Centre (MDC) and recognise the hard work and many years it took to get here. The
Milena Johnová shares her experience closing an institution for 116 people with disabilities. Milena was city councillor at the time, leading the closure of the institution: I will draw on my own experience as a social worker involved in many cases of individuals leaving institutional care, and as a member
Organisations from Czechia, Lithuania, Romania, and Slovakia work together to support transition from institutionalisation to community-based support. They created analysis of their countries when it comes to deinstitutionalisation. What follows are extracts from these analysis and reflections created by the organisations: Czechia In Czechia, deinstitutionalisation aims to enable people with
Milena Johnová, deinstitutionalisation expert working for Inclusion Europe, writes: On 9 September, I shared my experiences with deinstitutionalisation in Czechia with members of the Community of Practice on Social Inclusion, at an event organised by the Social Innovation Initiative+ in Prague. I presented a comparison of how Czech regions approach
Hey. Milan Šveřepa here, writing a week after Europe in Action conference in Glasgow, where some of you came to a session about Deinstitutionalisation guidance and practice. The point of the session was to introduce publicly a joint effort of Inclusion International and Inclusion Europe to - accelerate deinstitutionalisation. If