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In spite of the ongoing fighting in South Sudan, Toyin Janet Aderemi, program manager for Light For The World, continues to provide support to people with disabilities in the region. “Each and every refugee is very valuable”, she says, “but refugees with a disability have an extra hard time, therefore they need our extra support.”

During the opening ceremony of the 6th edition of the ‘In der Begegnung’- conference in May 2015, organized for people with special needs, European Commissioner for Social Affairs Marianne Thyssen held a speech on how the European Union will further safeguard the rights of European citizens with disabilities during the next few years.

Should the world forget the tragic fate of the children, women and men with disabilities who were killed by the Nazi regime or condemned to die by the Vichy regime? 94,000 people responded "no." France has decided to act.

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.

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.