Theresia Degener speaks at the ZAB Forum Accessibility

Tuesday, 17 October 2023 from 6 to 7.30 pm in room X-E0-002 and via livestream.

Soon it will be time and our event "ZAB-Forum Barrierefrei" will take place for the 3rd time. This time Prof. Dr. Theresia Degener will visit us with her current research topic "The Human Rights Model of Disability in Times of Crisis": The Human Rights Model of Disability stems from the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and is a rejection of the medical model that reduces disabled people to their (factual or ascribed) health impairments. Human rights violations such as institutionalisation, forced treatment, segregation and exclusion are legitimised with these impairments as individualised fates. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the discrimination situation and the triage discussion in particular has again promoted the medical model of disability. Theresia Degener explains why the human rights model is the only way to the Build Back Better principle of the Sustainable Development Goals, even in times of crisis.

After the lecture you are cordially invited to join the discussion. You will find all information as well as hints for barrier-free participation and the link to the livestream on our website.