20 years of self -sufficient: Inclusion for people with disabilities in focus!

20 years of self -sufficient: Inclusion for people with disabilities in focus!

On Thursday, April 11, 2025, the Eutarkademie in Brückl celebrated the 20th anniversary of self-sufficient. Among the guests were prominent personalities such as Gaby Schaunig (Deputy Governor), Beate Prettner (State Councilor) and Andreas Jesse (Managing Director of Autark). Since its foundation, the central goal of enabling people with disabilities have had a self -determined life and continuously developing this concept. This objective was initiated with a decisive innovation 20 years ago: the separation of work and living, which is considered a paradigm shift.

This change was created, including offers that go far beyond the traditional home structures. Supervised forms of living, day centers and training positions were created that enable comprehensive participation. A particularly outstanding element is the pilot project "Teaching", which enables young people with disabilities to gain real vocational training with apprenticeship and social security. Currently, 135 people are integrated in qualification measures at self -sufficient, with the aim of expanding the training model to up to 20 training positions.

de institutionalization and inclusion

The concept of self -sufficient is based on the principle of "living in the middle of society". Ten living associations and mobile offers are currently available in which 123 people live in supervised residential units and 31 other people are accompanied individually. In cooperation with the state of Carinthia, it is planned to create a total of 123 new residential and employment places as well as 164 shifting places by 2027.

This approach reflects the principles of DE institutionalization and inclusion, which are funded by various initiatives and experts. According to the basis for discussion of Monitoringzeit.at are necessary to improve the quality of life of people with disabilities. The creation of inclusive life and work environments contributes significantly to equal opportunities.

Inclusion in the social context

Inclusion, as is defined in the digital dictionary of the German language, means the equal participation of all people in social life, especially people with disabilities and immigrants. bpb.de describes that inclusion extends not only to schools, but also to different areas of life such as living, work and health.

The challenges are complex. There is still the need to reduce institutional and social barriers, as many people with disabilities experience discrimination in everyday life. In the past, the exclusion from voting rights until 2017 concerned over 80,000 people. The discourse on inclusion has now changed from a purely disabled -specific discussion on a topic of diversity and diversity.

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons by 2006 is promoting inclusion as a human rights principle and releases participation as a key to social integration and self-determination. In order to bring about fundamental changes, it is crucial that institutions open up and adapt to the individual needs of all people. This is the only way to achieve a full -time participation and inclusion that benefits the entire society.