Reform of the system of rehabilitation of people with disabilities in Azerbaijan: a new social model transformation

Azerbaijan is in the process of dismantling a system medical model approaches to rehabilitation people with disabilities inherited from Soviet Union, and replacing it new approach services based on social thinking. This transformational initiative, designed improve lives disabilities, priority EU-Azerbaijan Partnership. In voices disabled people, their families, caregivers representative organizations have previously been seldom heard. Now will be heard alongside those policy makers service providers, order make sure that become principal architects systems for support Azerbaijan.