International regional symposium of the IASSW, EASSW and EEsrASSW
Against Social Suffering: Social Work in Alliance with the People with Disabilities in the Times of Crisis
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Work, Slovenia
17th and 18th June 2013
Lecture room 1

MONDAY, 17th JUNE 2013
9.00

Registration

9.30

Welcome words and setting the agenda for international social work in alliance with people
with disabilities
Gabi Čačinovič Vogrinčič, dean of Faculty for Social Work
Dragica Bac, director of the Directorate for invalids, war veterans and the victims of the warviolence, at the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
Sue Lawrence, president of the EASSWVimla Nadkarni, president of the IASSW
Darja Zaviršek, president of EEsrASSW

10.30

Coffee break

11.00

Elena Pečarič : Personal assistance as a condition of freedom
Elena Iarskaia and Pavel Romanov : The Cultural Construction of Disability in Russia: Soviet
Legacies and New Images
Zsolt Bugarszki : The Advantage of the Disadvantaged. Recovery Oriented Mental Health Servicesin Low and Middle Income Countries
Ruth Seifert : Deconstructing “Inclusion”
Discussion12.00

12.30

Lunch break

14.00

Antoinette Lombard : Children in Double Jeopardy: Disability and inequality in South Africa
Sanela Šadić : Access to Social Rights and Self-perception of People with Disabilities in BosnianHerzegovinian SocietyŠpela Urh : Cultural Aspects of Disability among Roma Ethnic Minority in Slovenia
Katalin Tausz : A Community Support Research Program in Budapest
Discussion

15.00

15.30

Coffee break15.45

16.30

17.00

Vjollca Krasniqi : Framing Equality: The Politics of Gender and Disability in Kosova
Natalija Lisak : The Quality of Everyday Life of the Families with Children with Disabilities inCroatia: A Life History Chart Approach
Irena Ceglar : The Experiences of Motherhood of Women with Intellectual Disabilities in Sloveniaand Social Work Practice
Discussion
Closing session of the first day

Joint departure for dinner at restaurant El Clasico.

TUESDAY, 18th JUNE 2013
Chair : Jelka Zorn

9.o0

10.00

Iago Kachkachishvili : Palliative Care Patients in Georgia – Challenges of their Social
Representation
Angelina Yuen : Social Work Education as a Catalyst for Social Change and Development in theChinese Mainland
Aytakin Huseynli : Social Work in Alliance with People with Disabilities in Azerbaijan
Vasilios Ioakimidis: Social work and the disabled people's movement in crisis-ridden Greece
Discussion

10.30

Coffee break

11.00

Subhangi M. K. Herath : Social Conception of Disability in Sri Lanka and the Institutional
Responses
Chandani Liyanage : Articulation of Disability in Rural Sri Lanka: An Ethnographic Exploration on a
Well-being / Ill-being Paradigm
Kristina Urbanc : Students with Disability in Higher Education – Needs, Responses and Challenges
Liljana Rihter : Social work and employment of people with disabilities: factors that can supportsocial inclusion

12.00

Discussion

12.30

Lunch break

14.00

Chair: Ana M. Sobočan

14.45

Gašper Krstulović : Transition into Adulthood of Youth with Learning Disabilities in Slovenia:
Parents’ Perspectives
Valeriya Markina : ‘Children of the Sun’ and ‘Genetic Mistakes’: the Restigmatization of People
with Down Syndrome in the Russian Press from 2000 until 2012
Andraž Kapus : Portrayal of Disability in the Media - Newspaper Headlines and Pictures
Discussion

15.15

Coffee15.45International Messages on Service User and Carer Involvement from Northern Ireland, Spainand Slovenia, 2013: a film funded by IASSW (J. Duffy, D. Zaviršek, M. Martinez)
Service users from Slovenia who talk in the film will be invited for the inauguration of the film.

16.45

Closing session of the symposium

17.00

Joint departure to the Slovene Ethnographic Museum

17.30

Exhibition: Personal assistance is our existence presented by the author Klaudija Poropat

VENUES:SYMPOSIUM:
Faculty for Social Work, Topniška 31, 1000 Ljubljana. www.fsd.uni-lj.si
Going by foot: a walking group will depart from the hotel lobby at 8.30 (30 min for good walkers)
Going by taxi: you can take a taxi right in front of the hotel or order it at the hotel reception. Approx 7 € per taxi
(4 persons). The taxi takes 10 minutes max.
At the end of the first day, a walking group will depart from the Faculty to take you back to the hotel; or taxis will
be ordered by your demand. Walk takes about 30 min.

JOINT DINNER:
Restaurant El Clasico, Bravničarjeva 13, Ljubljana. Tel.: + 386 83 82 88 22; www.el-clasico.si
Going by taxi: you can take a taxi right in front of the hotel or order it at the hotel reception. Approx 7 € per taxi
(4 persons). The travel is max 15 minutes.

MUSEUM EXHIBITION:
Ethnographic Museum, Metelkova 2, Ljubljana. http://www.etno-muzej.si/en
Going by foot: a walking group will depart from the Faculty at 17.00; approx 25 mins walk.
Going by taxi: taxis will be ordered to the Faculty by demand. Approx 6 € per taxi (4 persons).
At the museum the ethno museum shop will be open for us.
Going back to the hotel: a walking group will depart from the museum for City Hotel; approx. 10 mins walk;
alternatively, taxis can be ordered.