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Independent Living in Thailand
by Udomchok Churut

content:
1. History
2. Pilot Project
3. Thailand Council for Independent Living
4. Mission of Independent Living Center
5. Strategy of  Thai IL movement
6. Change Life Change Society
7. Co-Operate with APCD
8. Outstanding Achievement: 

Note 
IL = Independent Living
TIL = Thailand Council for Independent Living
Act = Ҫѭѵ


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1. History
1972: Start in USA
1974: Sweden and Canada
1986: Japan
1988-2002: Thai learn from Japan
2002: start IL Pilot Project In Thailand
2005: Thailand Council for Independent Living  (TIL)


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2. Pilot Project
2002: 
- Setup Co-operation. in collaboration with Human Care  JICA  Thai Government  Thai PWD Associations
- Training to the 3 Working Groups
- IL Concept and How to Services : Information, IL Skill Training, PA

2003: 
- Training to the 3 Working Groups
Peer Counseling

then Network Among 3 Working Group

2006: 
Establish Thailand Council for Independent Living (T I L)


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3. Thailand Council for Independent Living
- Setup the Strategy of Thai IL movement
- Promote the IL concept to the public. 
- Serve as the mechanism in pushing public policy.
- Promote, expand the network and build up more IL centers.
Networking among 3 Centers includes:
Nakhonprathom IL Center (santi group)
Chonburi IL Center sriracha group and chanthaburi group)
Nonthaburi IL Center bangkok group and patumthani group)

Planning to enlarge 10 Group more next year


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4. Mission of Independent Living Center
Services
- Information Service
- Peer Counseling 
- IL Skill Training
- Personal Assistance
Activity
- Advocacy 


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5. Strategy of  Thai IL movement
Goals
1. People with disabilities are confident to live their lives independently.
2. People in society accept human dignity	of People with disabilities.
3. To make the change of environment to suitable for people with disabilities.
4. People with disabilities have equal chance to reach to the national resources.

develops IL Leaders, staff and IL center management knowledge
leads to
build up IL Center incommunity
leads to
develops and maintain networking among stakeholder local and international
leads to social communication for driving IL movement

and all these leads to Full Rights and participation and non-handicapping environment


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6. Change Life Change Society
photo of PWDs in everyday lives, going to temple, getting married


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7. Co-Operate with APCD
photos of during meetings, accessible transportation, etc


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8. Outstanding Achievement: 
PA Services
2002  started Independent Living (IL) to learn and collect the experiences in providing services.
2005  Established Thailand Council for Independent Living
2006  Thailand Council for Independent Living present the Public Policy to Ministry of Social  Development and Human Security
	- Create the plans to expand concepts and the number of Independent Living (IL) center at less 5 centers per year.
	- Encourage Independent Living to be the service unit in the National Health Security Office (NHSO), 
	- Inform the government and local government to support Independent Living (IL) for consistency in the future
	- Set up the welfare of Personal Assistant (PA) for the severe disabilities to help the clients do routines activities at less 2 hours per day.
2007  Thailand has the Disable Act issue 2 that it has the concept and has the word including Independent Living (IL)
2010  Set up the subcommittee Recondition the Environment and Personal Assistant service (PA). The president of  Thailand Council for Independent Living is in this subcommittee. 
2011  Start up the Personal Assistant  service at the first time in Thailand at less 5 persons per province. In the end of year have seminars to evaluate the Personal Assistant  system for develop in next year. 

Project Prepare Independent Living to be the service unit of National Health Security Office
2009 Discussing of Develop the service plan between Thailand Council for Independent Living and National Health Security Office on 8 April 2010 at National Health Security Office. The result is Join together to run the Project to Prepare Independent Living Center to be Co-operation Service with and National Health Security Office. The Project with in 3 years.
2009 Start the first year of the project with 9 pairs of  IL center and Health Services Organization (Hospital).
2011 Start the second year of the project with 15 pairs of  IL centers and Health Services Organization.
2012 Preparation for the third year of the project.


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