The Icelandic Penal Code has, at long last, been updated to exclude discriminatory terms to describe people with disabilities. Among the many examples, the term “idiot,” which features in Article 222 of the Penal Code, has now been replaced by the phrase “individual with a developmental disorder.”
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD) states in Article 12 that all people with disabilities should “enjoy legal capacity on an equal basis with others in all aspects of life.
The European Forum for Research in Rehabilitation (EFRR) has announced that it will host its 13th Annual Congress at the Marina Congress Center in Helsinki, Finland on 6-9 May 2015.
A European Work Forum on the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD) in European Union (EU) member states will take place on 22-23 October in Brussels.
A project run by Inclusion Europe has been included as one of 42 Innovative Practices 2015 by the Zero Project, it was announced this week.
FEAPS yesterday hosted a conference where nearly 200 professionals discussed new ways of providing support and services catering specifically to the individual needs of people with intellectual disabilities.
