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Inclusion Europe has adopted a new position paper on ‘Inclusive Health Care and People with Intellectual Disabilities’. The General Assembly signed off on this position on Friday 1 June 2012 at the Thon Hotel in Brussels.

Strategies to increase employment opportunities for workers with intellectual disabilities in the mainstream labour market were under the spotlight during Inclusion Europe’s annual conference held in Brussels.

Brussels, 5 June 2012: Strategies to increase employment opportunities for workers with intellectual disabilities in the mainstream labour market were under the spotlight during Inclusion Europe’s annual conference held in Brussels last week.

Taking place between 31 May and 2 June 2012 in Brussels, Inclusion Europe’s annual conference brings together self-advocates, family members, professionals, service providers and decision-makers to discuss the latest ideas and innovative practices in the field.

After remarkable success of the project Pathways I, Inclusion Europe is pleased to announce the launch of the follow-up project Creating Pathways to Lifelong Learning for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities.

Under the auspices of Olga Sehnalová MEP, Inclusion Europe organised a roundtable meeting of stakeholders in legal capacity and supported decision-making in the European Parliament.

The European Report “Children’s Rights for all! Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child for children with intellectual disabilities” revealed that across the whole of Europe, children with intellectual disabilities are highly vulnerable to discrimination, neglect and exclusion.

Inclusion Europe together with Eurochild and the Charles University in Prague will hold a final conference for the project Children’s Rights for All! Monitoring the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child for children with intellectual disabilities.

Europe’s self-advocates made their voices heard during the 2nd conference of the European Platform of Self-Advocates. Well aware of their rights, participants shared their experiences and discussed ways of breaking down the barriers faced by people with intellectual disabilities in everyday lives.