"The tremendous disparity in disability
law from one country to the next is
astounding. The only way to ensure that
every government in the world provides
equal treatment and respect to its citizens
with disabilities is to hold them
accountable to a set of standards
established through a Convention."
- Dr. William Kennedy Smith, Founder and Chairman of the CIR
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Annette Plooy, Netherlands
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Annette Plooy is a political scientist with extensive experience in mental health services. She works at the Center of Expertise on Rehabilitation at Utrecht, Netherlands, where she coordinates a program on recovery and participation. Her expertise is focused on: the recovery of people with long-term psychiatric problems through self-help and mutual support; the meaning and use of experiential knowledge in mental health services; and the stigma of, and discrimination against people with psychiatric problems.
Ms. Plooy has been involved in a European-wide study of discrimination against people diagnosed with schizophrenia, and participates in further European stigma-related research. She has written many publications on the topics of recovery, experiential knowledge, and stigma.
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