Inhalt:
.Assistance in Austria
Announcer: Once a week she goes by bus on her own to meet her friends for bowling.
Michaela Ressl: I do bowling once a week and then I take the 10A bus on my own. I usually meet people that I go bowling with. Thursdays I always come home later than usual.
Announcer: Two small dogs are also living in the flat and Michaela Ressl usually goes for a walk with them in the evening.
Michaela Ressl/OT: (Barking) Cindy, Baerli! Stop it! (Barks) Baerli, Cindy, come here now! These two, they are playing at the same time!
Announcer: Once the most important things are done, Michaela Ressl can relax. Then?
Michaela Ressl: ?I usually watch TV and chat with my boyfriend (giggles).
Announcer: Michaela Ressl has a good relationship with her brother and his family. For him his sister?s disability is just normal.
Roman Ressl, brother: I see it with my children now, they treat Michaela as completely normal. They might not take her as seriously as other adults her age, but according to the way she treats them, they judge and treat her accordingly.
Announcer: Michaela Ressl won?t be living like this forever. Her parents get older. Yet she doesn?t really know, how she will live, what the future will be like, whether she can live close to her brother or somewhere else. But she has a wish:
Michaela Ressl: ?that my boyfriend and I will still be together! "How would you like to live then" When the parents are no longer there, together with my boyfriend! Or with my brother. I get on very well with my brother. "Together in one flat, too?" (Hesitantly:) Yes, if it is!
Atmo: noises of electric wheelchair
Moderation: Martin Kopper is 44 years old, finished his studies in history and philosophy four years ago, but continues to study, uses an electric wheelchair and is reliant on assistance due to his spasms and his chronic polyarthritis. He lives in a home, but his freedom is very important to him:
Martin Kopper: Spare time is when I can do what I want. I mean I do what I want almost all the time; but when I consciously don?t study anything. Every person has small limitations, these are entirely normal.
Announcer: Martin Kopper currently studies law at the university of Vienna and is happy to have passed the exam on criminal law. Three years ago he finished his studies on history and philosophy.
He has been living in a home with other cohabitants for 16 years.
A corridor, not very inviting, but clean, leads us past the communal area to Matin Kopper?s front door; it hides a hall, a kitchenette, the sanitary area and a combined living and bedroom, equipped with a telephone, TV and a computer. The amount of books on the shelves immediately catches the eye of the visitor.
