Click here for the easy-to-read version Millions of European citizens are deprived of their right to make decisions: Guardianship laws restricting the legal capacity and autonomy of persons with disabilities are widespread in the EU – and this needs to change! Following the leadership training Inclusion Europe held in September, the Members of the European Parliament...

Mental Disability Advocacy Center (MDAC) and the United Nations Partnership on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNPRPD) released a report last week on the human rights of persons with intellectual disabilities and/or mental health problems in the Republic of Moldova.

The United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is currently in the process of examining the measures taken by the European institutions to ensure that the rights of people with disabilities are considered in all relevant legislative proposals.

Inclusion Europe has launched a new website called ‘Choices,’ which presents a range of supported decision-making models for people with intellectual and other disabilities.

The Hear Our Voices conference, the largest self-advocacy conference in Europe, took place from 2-4 October in Madrid with great reviews.

Study has shown that nine of the 10 people with intellectual disabilities who were polled admitted to having experienced discrimination, while 51% of respondents believed they were part of the most discriminated group in society.