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If you are actively trying to make society accessible to French people with intellectual disabilities, you can now promote your initiatives through Les Victoires de l’accessibilité contest (Accesibility Victories, in French).

During Learning Disability Week, Mencap asked people with a learning disability, their friends, family members, carers or supporters to share some of their favourite first time experiences.

Obtaining equal access to information and culture is an important goal for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Moreover, the importance of making reading accessible to all is paramount in fighting barriers to accessibility and in the complete and unhindered inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities.

Lebenshilfe National Chairman, Ulla Schmidt met with the German Minister of Health, Hermann Gröhe in order to discuss health care issues negatively impacting the lives people with disabilities and their families. The dialogue took place at the Federal Ministry of Health in Berlin, Germany.

Through its Read it Easy project, run in collaboration with software developer ONECLICK, FEAPS has finished adapting two popular Spanish novels into easy to read. The two books chosen, "Legends" by Gustavo Adolfo Becquer and "Voices of the Future” by Spanish National Award for Children’s Literature laureate Jordi Serra i Fabra, have been digitally enriched for a more accessible and enjoyable experience.

Pentru Voi, an Inclusion Europe member from Romania, is organising a series of regional consultations about the financing of social services.

The French association for people with disabilities Unapei warns that immediate government action needs to be taken to successfully assist the large number of aging people with disabilities.

Ahead of the 2015 General Election in the United Kingdom (UK), Mencap has started a campaign called “Hear my voice,” aimed at informing politicians on the issues that matter to the disability community.

Inclusion Europe member Pentru Voi has taken an active role in advocating for the voting rights of persons with intellectual disabilities at both national and European level.

United Kingdom (UK) Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO), Julie Mellor, raised an alert regarding the importance of making healthcare services accessible for people with intellectual disabilities.