Sjalfsbjorg, the association of disabled in Iceland

Sjálfsbjörg (literally "self-help") is a national federation for physically disabled people; it was founded on June 4. 1959. There are now 17 Sjálfsbjörg organisations all over Iceland. The goal of Sjálfsbjörg is to fight for the equality of disabled people in all fields. Sjálfsbjörg wants to inform the public aware of the circumstances of physically disabled people. In spite of many kinds of improvement to the benefit of disabled people over the last several years, there is still a long way to go to reach equality. There are nearly 3000 members of Sjálfsbjörg, and more than half of them are physically disabled.

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