Elisabeta Moldovan
Elisabeta Moldovan | |
|---|---|
| Born | Romania |
| Occupation | Disability activist |
Elisabeta Moldovan is a Romanian activist known as a representative for the movement for the deinstitutionalization of people with intellectual disability. She is the president of the Ceva de Spus Association of Romania, an association linked to the movement for self-representatives who promote deinstitutionalization processes and promotion of community-based services.[1] Moldovan also is a member of the Board of Directors of Inclusion Europe[2][3] and belongs to the group that organizes every congress of the European Platform of Self-Advocates (EPSA).[4][5]
Moldovan promotes a platform of supporting people with disabilities so that they can form a part of society and live outside of institutions. She bases her ideas on her own lived experience of spending 23 years in institutions with conditions that she describes as inhumane.[6] Her experience has inspired the creation of a graphic novel about life in these institutions. The book, written and illustrated by Dan Ungureanu based on interviews with Moldovan, is available in Romanian and English. The English title is "Becoming Eli." [7][8]
She has spoken at international events including the EPSA Congress in Madrid in 2015,[9] the Conference of Admirable Practices's Inclusion Plenary in 2016 in Córdoba,[10] and the EPSA Congress in Brussels in 2017.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "La atención centrada en la persona (ACP) destaca en el I Encuentro de Prácticas Admirables de Plena Inclusión" (PDF). Downup. May 2017. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
- ^ Angelika Hild (January 31, 2017). ""Some people do not believe in our ability to represent ourselves"". Inclusion Europe. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
- ^ "Hear Our Voices Meeting in Zagreb" (PDF). Inclusion International European Report 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 14, 2017. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
- ^ "How EPSA works". Inclusion Europe. Archived from the original on December 14, 2017. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
- ^ "The Steering Group". EPSA, the European Platform of Self-Advocates. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
- ^ "O timişoreancă a câştigat marele premiu al Galei Persoanelor cu Dizabilităţi. Pentru ce militează Eli, după ce a trăit 23 de ani în orfelinate inumane" (in Romanian). December 5, 2013. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
- ^ Somkereki, Andra (December 13, 2017). "Spune-mi Eli". Republica.ro. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
- ^ "Becoming Eli". Ceva de Spus. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
- ^ "Madrid acogerá en octubre la Conferencia de la Plataforma Europea de Autogestores". Somos pacientes (in Castellano). August 19, 2015. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ "Más de 400 personas compartirán experiencias para la inclusión de personas con discapacidad". 20 Minutos. October 11, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
- ^ "Work in groups" (PDF). Hear our voices! The European conference of self-advocates.
External links
[edit]- "Community, not institutions". Article published by Elisabeta Moldovan.