On the 5th of December we were invited to a discussion regarding the plan for disability during 2014-2020. The meeting was organised by Public Policy Institute and the Directorate for Protection of People with Disabilities. Several people from NGOs were present, as well as Iulian Aldea, the director of the Directorate for Protection of People with Disabilities, the State Secretary Codrin Scutaru, Violeta Stan from the Institute for Public Policy and Raluca Bunea from OSI. The Directorate for Protection of People with Disabilities wrote the document and the ones invited gave their oppinion on it, trying to make it better.

I went with Zoli, my support person, to Bucharest by train. The day was long, and we didn’t have time to buy water or sandwiches , so we asked our colleagues from Clementina, Lugoj to help us. They brought us food and water.

The topics disscused at the meeting refered to accesibility, health, public transport, education and deinstitutionalisation. I said it would be good to have easy to understood information in railway stations, hospitals, police stations, banks and other institutions.

I also said that people with disabilities need support instead of protection.

I hope that all these measures will become reality.

Eli