As the current EU Disability Strategy comes to an end, the European Parliament is calling the European Commission for an ambitious post-2020 strategy, in which we can find some Inclusion Europe’s priorities.

While many European countries are developing policies formally geared towards inclusive education, the segregation of students with disabilities has been constantly growing since 2008.

Inclusion Europe did an interview with Christine Dufour. She founded an NGO to help children with disabilities to be included in mainstream school. 

People with an Intellectual Disability and their Families Speak Out on Education for All, Disability and Inclusive Education

People with an Intellectual Disability and their Families Speak Out on Education for All, Disability and Inclusive Education

People with an Intellectual Disability and their Families Speak Out on Education for All, Disability and Inclusive Education

Rafael Calderón is a Spanish musician with an intellectual disability. He has Down Syndrome. When he was at his secondary school, he was told that he couldn’t learn more. Now he has received a degree in Music.

Unapei together with other French organisations - APAJH, APF, CCAH and Réunica - launched a campaign for inclusive schools in France. On 3 December - the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, 450 000 copies of a magazine Mon Quotidien (My Daily) were delivered to students all over the country to raise their awareness about inclusive learning.

The European Report “Children’s Rights for all! Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child for children with intellectual disabilities” revealed that across the whole of Europe, children with intellectual disabilities are highly vulnerable to discrimination, neglect and exclusion.

Children are all different from each other. This is true for children without disabilities and with disabilities.