Cultural Activities of People with Disabilities in Slovakia Cultural Activities of People with Disability to promote Social Inclusion Seminar, Budapest 5 – 7th October, 2014 Štefan Grajcár, Slovak Union of Physically Disabled People, SUPDP (Slovenský zväz telesne postihnutých, SZTP)
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Cultural Activities of People with Disabilities in Slovakia
Cultural Activities of People with Disability to promote Social Inclusion
Seminar, Budapest 5 – 7th October, 2014
Štefan Grajcár, Slovak Union of Physically Disabled People, SUPDP
(Slovenský zväz telesne postihnutých, SZTP)
Contents:• Introducing myself• General information on participation of people
with disabilities in cultural life• Answers to the questionnaire• Activities of the SUPDP in maping the accessibility
of various buildings for people with disabilities• An example of a bad practice• An example of (nearly) a good practice• Two examples of cultural activities of members of
the SUPDP
Introducing myself: • Member of the Polio Association of the Slovak
Republic (PASR) since 1999; Chair of the PASR since 2010
• As a result of this – a member of the Slovak Union of Physically Disabled People Board since 2010
• Not a professional in the field of culture (school psychologist & English teacher by qualification; last two decades career adviser and counsellor; still in full-time employment)
General information: • Slovakia – a country with population of about
5.4 mil. inhabitants• According to some estimations (e. g. World
Disability Union), there are about 10 % of people with disabilities for Slovakia it would mean about 540 000 people with disabilities (all kinds, not only physically disabled)
• The Slovak Union of Physically Disabled People has about 18 000 members
Information on participation of people with disabilities in cultural life in general• General remark: Slovakia is a member country
of EU, UNO, NATO, OECD, and other international organisations and is therefore a signatory of all relevant international documents, resulutions, conventions, etc.
• Accessibility as such was neglected for decades, and still it is in some way, nevertheless, some progress is visible, though it´s far from good.
Activities of the SUPDP in maping the accessibility of various buildings for people with disabilities – few examples
• Mapping accessibility of buildings in bigger towns – a project supported by the Office of the Slovak Government and the ESF
• Accessibility of museums in Slovakia for physically disabled people: (http://www.sztp.sk/poradenstvo/bariery/137-prehlad-pristupnosti-muzei-na-slovensku-pre-obcanov-s-telesnym-postihnutim.html)
• ISTROPOLIS – the House of Culture, Bratislava, Trnavské mýto
• Photographs (6)
ISTROPOLIS – the House of Culture, Bratislava, Trnavské mýto (1)
ISTROPOLIS – the House of Culture, Bratislava, Trnavské mýto (2)
ISTROPOLIS – the House of Culture, Bratislava, Trnavské mýto (3)
Example of (nearly) a good practice
• REDUTA, the home of the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, with a famous concert hall, renewed recently
• Photographs (4)
REDUTA, the building of the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra (1)
REDUTA, the building of the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra (2)
Example of a cultural activity (1)
• Exhibition „Svet ako ho vidíme my“ (The World how We See It) of artistic works of people with physical disabilities is organised by the SUPDP each year, usually in two towns;
• The current exhibition is beeing held in Nové Zámky
Example of a cultural activity (2a)
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Example of a cultural activity (2b)• „Kremnická barlička“ („The Crutch of Kremnica“) is a
festival organised annually in Kremnica, a city in the central part of Slovakia• It is a competition in recitation of prose and poetry
(including own works) , and in singing (for soloists, couples, and groups)• Accompanied actions are sometimes exhibition of
handicrafts, photographs or woodcarving• Participants are physically disabled people from the
whole country, the competition is open to people speaking Slovak or any other minority language
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
Štefan Grajcár, Slovak Union of Physically Disabled People