Employment

On 1 October is the UN Day of Older Persons. On this occasion, we interviewed Jacqueline Pareys, 65, who worked long years for Inclusion Europe as an office helper. Jacqueline told us about her life, what has changed and about the advice she has for younger people.

The European Commission has made a campaign against discrimination at work. This is important for many people and also for people with intellectual disabilities. We wrote an easy-to-read text about the campaign.

Creating new employment possibilities, changing attitudes towards people with intellectual disabilities and giving them ownership over services that were created for them.

“My Talents. For Diversity” is a project that Inclusion Europe is doing together with other organisations.

The Spanish government opens 10 job vacancies for people with intellectual disabilities in public administration sector.

The unemployment rates of people with disabilities are far higher than the numbers for non-disabled population. Nevertheless, numerous good practices show us which kind of support and assistance should be provided to people with disabilities to minimize inequalities in the labour market.

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities provides an opportunity to spotlight supported employment as a strong instrument in achieving the goals mentioned in its Article 27. For this reason The Global Applied Disability Research and Information Network on Employment and Training (GLADNET) has set up a Research Network on Supported Employment and is now seeking for researchers on the matter.