News

Robert Martin, a committed self-advocate from New Zeeland and former member of the Council of Inclusion International, has recently had his biography published. 

PKN (Pertti Kurikan Nimipaivat), a Finnish band whose members have intellectual disabilities and autism, is competing against 17 other bands for a chance to represent Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna.

Inclusion International, together with the Global Observatory for Education, Global Education First Initiative and the Youth Advocacy Group, have launched an exciting global awareness campaign entitled #DrawDisability.

The United Kingdom Ministry of Justice made a major mistake when trying to explain the court system to people with intellectual disabilities and to non-native speakers.

In preparation to the upcoming Third International Conference on Financing for Development, the International Disability Alliance (IDA) and the International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC) have released a policy paper which discusses the inclusion of people with disabilities when financing for development.

According to a study released by Inclusion Europe member FEAPS, having a child with an intellectual disabilities implies additional expenses of more than 24,000 euros a year in Spain.

Inclusion Europe and its partners in the SafeSurfing Project are calling on European Union policy-makers to take into account the needs of people with intellectual disabilities when deciding on the wording of the draft General Data Protection Regulation.

The Latvian Presidency of the Council of the European Union has highlighted the need for stronger measures to guarantee the inclusion of people with disabilities in disaster risk management activities across the 28 EU member states.

Getting ready for the assessment of the European Union's work in implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD), the Disability Intergroup has elected a whole new Bureau consisting of four co-presidents and eight vice-presidents.

Hollywood star Hugh Grant, along with the Baked Bean Theatre Company, has premiered the play The Drama Group. The show is based on a book co-written by Hugh Grant, Sheila Hollins and her son Nigel, who is an actor with an intellectual disability.