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UNAPEI has recently spoken out against a new amendment to the French health bill that could have threatened the rights of people with disabilities. The draft article aimed at establishing a system of permanent referral of people with disabilities that would not have respected their rights.

How much support people with disabilities receive, depends greatly from the country they live in. On this topic, the British newspaper ‘The Guardian’ has published a report explaining which governments are the most supportive towards people with disabilities, particularly focusing on the financial aspect.

From the 20th until the 26th of April, World Week for Education is celebrated in Spain. SAME is connected to The Global Campaign for Education, which strives for the right to education for all children in every country, including for children with disabilities.

There are few areas which cause more heartbreak and distress for children with intellectual disabilities and their parents than education does. The statistics are clear - children with intellectual disabilities are increasingly excluded from mainstream schooling, and either isolated in special schools, or denied access to education completely.

With its latest research, ‘Premature Deaths of People with Learning Disabilities: Progress Update,’ the British Department of Health addresses the current challenges and possible solutions to unequal care leading to higher mortality rates amongst people with intellectual disabilities.

A beauty contest called ‘Miss Independence’ was organized in Russia for and by people with disabilities, in order to increase awareness on disabilities and to change society’s attitudes towards persons with disabilities.

During the yearly award ceremony of ‘Zero Project’, an initiative that strives for a world in which people with disabilities are fully included, the Flemish region in Belgium won the prize of ‘best policy’ for the creation of the Personal Assistance Budget.

23% of people with disabilities living in the UK regularly feel lonely. This is the conclusion of a recent survey conducted by ‘Sense’, a British charity supporting deaf-blind people. As a result of this, the organization created a campaign called ‘We All Need Friends’.

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.