Academic network of European disability experts (ANED)
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Introduction

The information contained on this page was updated in December 2011 and is also maintained by our country team.

Name: Antti Teittinen and Pilvikki Heinonen

Address: Finnish Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Viljatie 4 A
00700 Helsink

E-mail: antti.teittinen@kvl.fi
Website: www.faidd.fi

The full text can be downloaded here.

Policy contacts

The main contact point for co-ordination of disability policy at the national level is:

Law and policy

Current national disability strategy or action plan:

Facts and figures

More details are available from ANED’s Indicators of Disability Equality in Europe. The following key points are summarised from data sources at European or national level, with particular relevance to the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020 and Europe 2020 targets.

Data and research

Enquiries about official data on disability issues can be directed to:

Disabled peoples organisations

The national assembly representing disabled people’s organisations is:

  • Finnish Disability Forum (only in Finnish) encourages disabled people’s equality and participation and seeks to influence national and international policy. It has 28 member organisations. 
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