User/Survivor Participation
• Social model of disability as lens to focus
non-discriminatory application of existing
human rights
• World Network of Users and Survivors of
Psychiatry (WNUSP) part of International
Disability Alliance (IDA)
• Formed IDC, steering committee
• 2004 Working Group composed of 27
governments, 12 NGOs chosen by IDC, 1
NHRI