Our team works participatively. We are planning, organising and evaluating together, with the active involvement of disabled and non-disabled people. We are a diverse group of people with different experiences and qualifications. Our work combines experiential and research expertise. We work on a service that flexibly adapts to individual needs. The disabled person is seen as an equal citizen and consumer as well, who can work and live as an active member of society with the help of a personal assistant.
Who are we?
About us in a nutshell
- We are members of the Freekey team.
- We work participatively.
- Participative means to take part.
- Participative means that we plan, organise and evaluate everything together.
- It also means that in our team we have disabled people and people without disabilities as well.
- We are diverse.
- Our teammates each have individual experiences.
- Our teammates each studied in different schools.
- Some of our teammates’ knowledge comes from experience.
- Experiential knowledge means that we gain knowledge through the experiences in our lives.
- Some of our teammates are skilled researchers.
- Research skill means that we gain knowledge through scientific research.
- Experiential knowledge and researchers’ skills are of equal importance.
- Every member of our team is valuable.
- In our team everybody is equal.
- Some people in our team work with the assistance of someone else.
- We call this assistance personal help.
Our projects and campaigns
2020
In 2020, with the support of JDC's Tikkun in Action program and Mozaik Jewish Community Hub we organised an awareness-raising campaign on personal assistance. We made films about the service and started to expand our community.
2021
In 2021, with the support of ELTE Bárczi Gusztáv Faculty of Special Needs Education, we are researching the development of an innovative ecosystem supporting the Personal Assistance Service. We conducted interviews as part of this research and we use them in our training sessions and workshops.
2021
In 2021, with the support of JDC's Tikkun in Action programme, we are developing tools for future users of this service. With this help, they can make good use of personal assistance.
Members
I am Dani Csángó, economist, social entrepreneur, inclusive university lecturer. As a wheelchair activist I have combined my personal experience with my knowledge. As co-founder of Freekey, I support the self-determination of people with disabilities.
Dániel Csángó
My name is Dani Gál, and I am a special needs educator and student of ELTE Institute of Intercultural Psychology and Education. Activism has always been close to me. In my opinion, Freekey has been missing from the scene of domestic advocacy, so I am glad to be a pioneer in this.
Dániel Gál
I am Bori Ivicsics, transportation engineer. I was born with limb deficiency. As a disability rights activist, I know that I was born with a purpose so I can help part of a society.Freekey gave me the support I needed to do this.
Borbála Ivicsics
My name is Vanda Katona, sociologist, and I work as a lecturer and researcher at the ELTE Bárczi Gusztáv Faculty of Special Needs Education. For me it is important that we work together with disabled people on issues affecting their life. Freekey is a team where we strive for visible results.
dr. Vanda Katona
I am Vera Kalász, International Public Service Manager. Since my car accident in 2010, I have been working at Freekey as a wheelchair user with the aim of making disabled persons valued members of society with equal rights.
Veronika Kalász
I am Geri Köllő, I was deprived of oxygen at birth, my central nervous system is damaged and it has affected my speech, so I communicate by using a letter board. I am currently living in an institution in Budapest, and I am sustaining and developing a network of helpers on my own.
Gergely Köllő
I am Zsuzsi Kunt and I study and teach special needs education, disability studies and cultural anthropology. I joined the Freekey team because I believe that the experience, loudness as well as the silence of its members has the power to create.
dr. Zsuzsanna Kunt
My name is Niki Rékasi, I am a special needs educator and PhD student. I joined Freekey because I believe that everyone has the right to make decisions about their own lives. I am a partner in this movement of disabled people.
Nikolett Rékasi
I am Anikó Sándor, special needs educator and economist. As an educator and researcher, I focus on empowerment and self-determination. I am the creator and co-founder of Freekey.
dr. Anikó Sándor
I am Karcsi Tóth, and I live with reduced mobility due to a childhood vaccine. I have a Master’s degree in Theater Studies. Furthermore, I am a dancer and I work as a participative lecturer and researcher at the ELTE Bárczi Gusztáv Faculty of Special Needs Education. In this team I work on the implementation of personal assistance.
Károly Tóth
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