7.4 out of 10
Legal capacity can be partially removed, but people with intellectual disabilities can vote and stand for elections. Voting is accessible.
Most adults with intellectual disabilities live in smaller institutions. None live in larger institutions or psychiatric hospitals.
Some adults with intellectual disabilities live with their family, they receive little support. Some live in their own place.
Some children with intellectual disabilities go to mainstream school, some go to special schools.
Very few people with intellectual disabilities have a job on the open labour market, and they risk to lose their disability benefits when they earn their own salary.
All people with intellectual disabilities have access to general healthcare. Easy-to-read information on healthcare is available.
People with intellectual disabilities are represented in the national cross-disability organisation. Norsk Forbund for Utviklingshemmede receives government funding for their advocacy work.
Norway European average
Support in community is in line with the law and has been for the past 30 years.
| Mainstream education | 2,500 |
|---|---|
| Special education | 2,500 |
| No education | 0 |
| Larger institutions | 0 |
| Smaller institutions | 10,000 |
| Small care homes | * |
| Psychiatric hospitals | 0 |
* Education figures: These are rough estimations. Institution figures: These are rough estimations.
These are the reported or estimated numbers of the country. In most cases, in reality, the numbers will be higher as the data is underreported or missing entirely.
7.3 out of 10
Legal capacity should have support to make decisions and keep their legal capacity but people with intellectual disabilities can vote and stand for elections. There are measures to make voting accessible.
Most adults with intellectual disabilities live in small care homes and some live in smaller institutions. There are no large care institutions.
Few adults with intellectual disabilities live with their family; most live in their own place. Parents receive financial and informative support. Disability benefits go directly to the person with disability. There is mechanism to assess quality of services.
Some children with intellectual disabilities go to mainstream school, few go to special schools. There is a national strategy towards inclusive education.
A small number of people with intellectual disabilities have a job on the open labour market. They risk losing disability benefits when they earn money. Most people work in ‘protected employment,’ and few attend daycare or stay at home. ‘Protected employment’ pays minimum wage.
All people with intellectual disabilities have access to healthcare, health insurance is free/ discounted. Poor sex education, and little freedom of choice in reproductive health. People with intellectual disabilities can be forcibly sterilised.
People with intellectual disabilities are represented in the national cross-disability organisation, but there is no person with an intellectual disability on the board/ council. NFU receives government funding for advocacy work.
Norway European average
It is NFU's clear and overarching view that the CRPD must be incorporated into the Human Rights Act. This is something that we, together with the vast majority of organizations of people with disabilities, have been advocating for many years. Today, the CRPD is the only UN core convention that deals with minority groups that Norway has ratified, but not incorporated into its law.
| Mainstream education | 6,000 |
|---|---|
| Special education | 4,000 |
| No education | 0 |
| Larger institutions | 0 |
| Smaller institutions | 3,000 |
| Small care homes | 7,000 |
| Psychiatric hospitals | 0 |
| Living with family | 5,000 |
| In foster care | * |
| Living in own home | 5,000 |
| Homeless | 0 |
These are the reported or estimated numbers of the country. In most cases, in reality, the numbers will be higher as the data is underreported or missing entirely.
7.4 out of 10
The law says that people with intellectual disabilities should have legal capacity and support to make decisions. There is support provided by the government to make voting accessible.
Most adults with intellectual disabilities live in small care homes and some live in smaller institutions. There are no large institutions.
Some adults with intellectual disabilities live with their family. Most live in their own place. Disability benefits go directly to the person with a disability. There is a mechanism to assess quality of services.
Many children with intellectual disabilities go to mainstream schools, some go to special schools. There is a national strategy towards inclusive education.
Very few people with intellectual disabilities have a job on the open labour market. They risk losing disability benefits when they earn money. Most people work in ‘protected employment,’ and some attend daycare or stay at home. ‘Protected employment’ pays minimum wage.
All people with intellectual disabilities have access to healthcare. Health insurance is free/discounted. Poor sex education, and little freedom of choice in reproductive health. People with intellectual disabilities can be forcibly sterilised.
People with intellectual disabilities are represented in the national cross-disability organisation, but there is no person with an intellectual disability on the board/council. NFU receives government funding for advocacy work.
Norway European average
Developments in the area of employment have been alarmingly poor. In 1994, only five percent were not registered with any form of employment, including day centres. In 2010, 11.7 percent were without any arrangement or measure, and today 53 percent of people with intellectual disabilities are not registered as employed, either through work-related measures or day programs.
| Mainstream education | 6,000 |
|---|---|
| Special education | 4,000 |
| No education | * |
| Larger institutions | * |
| Smaller institutions | 3,000 |
| Small care homes | 7,000 |
| Psychiatric hospitals | * |
These are the reported or estimated numbers of the country. In most cases, in reality, the numbers will be higher as the data is underreported or missing entirely.