【Session】 Thematic Session 'Disablility and Human Rights'

【Date&Time】 Fri. 22 July  10:00-16:00

【Theme】 Shutting Down Facilities With Reported Human Rights: A Local Society's Suitable Living Conditions for People with Developmental Disabilities

【Organizers】 Gwangju Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination, The Research Institute of the Differently Abled Person's Right in Gwangju

【Moderator】 KANG Min-Hui (Professor, Dept. of Social Welfare, Honam University)

【Presentation】 Young-Gyoung Kim (Ed.D Associate Professor Clarion University of PA)
                        『USA deinstitutionalization: its history and current status』

                       KIM Kiryong (Secretary General Korean Parents' Network for the People with Disabilities)
                       『Local governments' roles for the protection of people with developmental disabilities: Focus on housing policy』

                       HWANG Seung-ouk (Director, Korea Transition to Independent Living Center)
                       『Status of the Developmentally Disabled in Japan and Its Implications for Korea』

【Discussion】 Miso (Human Rights Activists, Disability and Humanrights In Action)

                     NA Geum-ju (Head, Gwangju regional center)

                     PARK Chan-dong (Head, Center for Human rights of the disabled, Gwangju)