The right to independent living is also the right to your own time, and barriers keep taking it away.
Part of KEEP Driven, an Erasmus+ project on participation co-financed by the European Union, where young people with disabilities from Italy, France and Latvia shaped a campaign on independent living.
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We want to decide how we live our daily lives. We want support service systems that adapt to our rhythms. We want accessible transport, flexible education and work opportunities, and the right to be heard when decisions about our lives are made. Our time belongs to us. Not someday.Now.
A pan-European advocacy project where young people with disabilities lead the way: training, study visits and collaborative workshops with participants from Italy, France, Belgium and Latvia.
Sharing expertise through study visits.
Skills and confidence through training.
Spaces for European dialogue.
Inclusive democratic participation.
Young people with disabilities aged 18–26 from Italy, France and Latvia, with priority mainly on women. They are the authors and advocates of this campaign, not its subjects.
From experience to action: how young people with disabilities became the authors of a European advocacy campaign.
Communication plan, visual identity and landing page go live.
Young participants travel across Italy, Latvia and France, exchanging knowledge with local disability organisations and documenting lived experiences.
Participants work together to design and develop the advocacy campaign, messages, visuals and strategy, for a European audience.
The advocacy campaign is launched at European level, with national events in Italy, France and Latvia.
Young people with disabilities must be involved in the decisions that shape their future.
Have you ever felt that barriers, systems or inaccessible spaces were taking your time away? Join the campaign by spreading the word on social media.
A visual archive of the campaign documenting the people and conversations behind “My time is not mine”.
An Erasmus+ partnership coordinated by CBM Italia, bringing together five organisations committed to disability inclusion and youth empowerment.
Views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the EU or EACEA.