The ZSL is on the verge of closing!

The Center for Self-Determined Living (ZsL) in Cologne faces closure due to the planned elimination of municipal funding. Far more is at stake here than the funding of a single project: For nearly 40 years, the ZsL has been supporting people with disabilities in Cologne in living self-determined lives, understanding and asserting their rights, and …

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Thank you for participating!

Thank you. ❤️ Thank you to everyone who attended our vigil on July 14. Thank you to all people with disabilities, family members,friends, supporters, organizations, and associations who have contributed their time, energy, and voices. Thank you to everyone who held signs, gave speeches, listened, organized, took photos, and stood with us: Self-determination and participation …

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Assistenz Kollektiv Köln e.V.: Our website in a new, barrier-free design!

We are very pleased to present you the brand new website of the Assistenz Kollektiv Köln e.V.! After an intensive year of planning and design, our online presence is now finally available in a modern and inclusive design. Our aim was to make the website more accessible, especially for people with disabilities: Navigation is now …

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Our new office: Assistenz Kollektiv Köln e.V. moves to the Alte Feuerwache!

After a long search, we have finally found a new, barrier-free office – in a very special place: the Alte Feuerwache in Cologne’s Agnesviertel! 🎉 The search was anything but easy. Although many properties are advertised as “barrier-free”, some turned out to be inaccessible. We often came across wide doors and barrier-free sanitary facilities – …

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