Gavin Harding was chosen as the very first mayor with intellectual disabilities in the United Kingdom, The Guardian reported. He will carry out his mandate in the town of Selby, a community in North Yorkshire where 14,350 people reside.
Yesterday, the European Parliament declared its support for the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD) by adopting a resolution on realizing its full implementation.
Inclusion Europe and Anffas welcomed more than 350 participants to the Europe in Action Conference, a yearly event that has become a tradition for many people with intellectual disabilities, their families, carers and representative organisations.
Inclusion Europe and Anffas welcomed more than 350 participants to the Europe in Action conference. The event, which took place in Rome on 21 and 22 May, addressed effective and innovating ways of strengthening the self-advocacy movement at local, regional and national levels, while discussing the impact of self-advocacy on families.
An English punk band called ‘Heavy Load’ has created a campaign to fight for the right of people with disabilities to stay up until late at night, CNN reported.
Last week, the 6th edition of the ‘In der Begegnung’- conference took place in the Bozar, Brussels.
