For the 58th edition of the ‘Ghent Festival of Flanders’, the organizers are continuing their successful policy of inclusion and accessibility. With the slogan “WE SHARE MUSIC”, their strategy of fully including people with disabilities and special needs is carried on.
A restaurant located in the city of Changchun, north eastern China, recently started offering training and jobs for people with intellectual disabilities. The initiative is said to be the first of its kind in China.
Directors of several special needs schools in the Flanders region of Belgium are concerned about the M Decree. It involves a new law regarding the inclusion of children with special needs within mainstream schools. It will go into effect on 1 September 2015.
In Market Drayton, a village in north Shropshire, England, special accommodation has been developed for people with intellectual disabilities. The newly constructed facilities are specifically meant to bring back adults with intellectual disabilities who are currently living outside of their home county, in order for them to live closer to their families and friends.
Data from the Italian Ministry of Education has shown that 802,785 students in Italian schools are foreigners. No less than 26 626 of them are foreign students with disabilities, a particularly vulnerable group at risk of double discrimination within Italian society.
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