The Disability News Service reports that the recent Reclaiming Our Futures Alliance (ROFA) conference saw calls for non-user-led organisations to make room for DPULOs (Disabled People’s User Led Organisations).
Disability News Service explains that Andrew Lee, director of People First (Self Advocacy), said:
“One idea I have about the government speaking to non-user-led organisations is to do a campaign to say that they do not speak for us.”
He said that when non-user-led organisations comment on key issues, it should be pointed out publicly that they have “a conflict of interest because they run a service” or represent a particular group, such as parents, and that “they are not speaking for us”.
Dorothy Gould introduced the work of ROFA’s independent living campaign group, which is pushing for a new independent living strategy, enshrined in UK law and based on article 19 of the UN disability convention. It aims to include an end to compulsory admissions to psychiatric hospitals and forced treatment and community treatment orders.
Read the original article on the Disability News Service website: ROFA Conferance calls for charities to make way for DPOs.
