Disability awareness, parents movement and importance of self-advocacy – 35 years of Inclusion Europe with Maureen Piggot

Conversation with former President of Inclusion Europe, Maureen Piggot.

Time stamps:

[00:00:42] Maureen’s youth and her first approach to disabilities 

[00:07:51] Maureen’s work with Mencap 

[00:13:13] Disability awareness in 1988 and today 

[00:16:23] The parents movement and the Disability Discrimination Act 

[00:36:41] The importance of self-advocacy and deinstitutionalisation 

[00:55:03] Maureen’s experience in Inclusion International