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Services for people with disabilities need to change. This is a clear message people with intellectual and other disabilities have been sending for years.

Inclusion Europe is looking for a motivated and committed individual to join our team in Brussels for 6 months, starting December 1st.

The European Commission and the Expert Panel on Effective Ways of Investing in Health have launched a public consultation on ‘Access to health services in the European Union’. Inclusion Europe has highlighted the issues and consequences of lack of access to health care for people with intellectual disabilities.

Thérèse Kempeneers-Foulon, Director of Inclusion Belgium and Vice-President of the Belgian Disability Forum, has met Nils Muiznieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights during his country visit to Belgium last month.

In France, people with intellectual disabilities face a lack of adequate support. Thousands of them are forced into “exile” in Belgium to receive the support they need. This issue affects adults but also children.

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

Participants in the ICT 2015 event in Lisbon will have the opportunity to find out about assistive technology and data protection for people with intellectual disabilities, during an interactive networking session organised by Inclusion Europe and its partners.

Ciara Lawrence from Inclusion Europe member Mencap met the leader of the United Kingdom House of Commons last month.

Dignity must prevail, urged the United Nations Special Rapporteurs on the rights of persons with disabilities, Catalina Devandas-Aguilar, and on the right to health, Dainius Pûras, on the occasion of the World Mental Health Day held on October 10.

On 19 November, Inclusion Europe will organise an important Policy Seminar at the European Parliament, concentrating on Article 19 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.