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STEPS - Structure Towards Emancipation Participation and Solidarity: a European project to combat discrimination against people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- ERNST Anne
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 7(4), October 2002, pp.4-9.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
People with learning disabilities are one of the most marginalised groups in European society, rarely recognised as full citizens with equal rights. The European action programme STEPS focuses on structures, instruments and methods to combat discriminations against people with learning disabilities and aims at full participation and free access to material, cultural and social resources. Partnerships between providers, social welfare administrations, universities and groups of people with learning disabilities in five European countries are defining the project. From England, the Tizard Centre, Parkside NHS Trust, and Kensington and Chelsea Social Services are partner members in the network, and the overall project is financed by the EU community action programme to combat discrimination.