Dear ADAPT and Free Our People March co-workers,
"Marschen för
tillgänglighet" is Swedish and translates The March for
Accessibility. It
is an event aimed at enacting an anti-discrimination law
into Swedish legislation,
outlawing inaccessibility in general, and to
protect already enacted
disability rights laws (i.e. "LSS", a law which
besides other things
grants money for people with disabilities to hire
attendant cares).
It will be held August 16th in Stockholm, Sweden. While
Sweden does recognize
the need for attendants for people with disabilities,
inaccessibility remains
a serious issue in contemporary Swedish society.
So far, more than thirty
organizations and companies on Swedish national
level support our
event, representing over 250 000 members out of Sweden's
population of 9 million.
The initiation of our
event has been directly influenced by ADAPT's Free Our
People March; an event
aimed at enacting the MiCASSA, an equivalent of the
Swedish laws granting
people with disabilities the right to attendant care.
On the contrary to
Sweden, the US does not lack an anti-discrimination law
by the ADA (Americans
with Disabilities Act). Both countries obviously can
learn from the other's
legislation.
We believe ADAPT's
and our struggles are but two sides of the same coin. Our
struggle is one. We
wish for the success of your efforts and the organizing
committee for Marschen
för tillgänglighet (The March for Accessibility)
would hereby like
to express our full support of the Free Our People March.
Sincerely,
The organizing committee for Marschen för tillgänglighet
through
Hans Filipsson
coordinator
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