This report provides an overview of the situation of persons with intellectual disabilities and their families drawing from their own stories and from what research and data exists.

This report provides an overview of the situation of persons with intellectual disabilities and their families drawing from their own stories and from what research and data exists. It also puts forward measures and policy recommendations that decision-makers at local, national, European level need to take into account to improve the current unacceptable situation.

The Assistive Technologies for Intellectual Disability and Autism (ASSISTID) programme has recently launched a first call for fellowships on a variety of subjects, ranging from behaviour analysis, rehabilitation and computer science, to policy, ethics and alternative communication.

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The Government of the Netherlands recently announced a new Human Rights Funding opportunity of 1.2 million euros for NGOs in different countries under the Human Rights Fund Small Activities 2013.

Inclusion Europe

Eurochild has discovered that there are 16,000 fewer children in institutions today compared to 2013. This data, based the most recent statistics from 11 European countries, was highlighted as part of the Opening Doors for Europe’s Children campaign, led by Eurochild and Hope and Homes for Children.

as adopted at the General Assembly on 28 May 2004