For people with intellectual disabilities, mental health is typically both neglected, and misused for their segregation.
Overview of news, reports, policies relevant to people with intellectual disabilities and their families in Europe.
Overview of news, reports, policies relevant to people with intellectual disabilities and their families in Europe.
Inclusion Europe wants people to know what happened to people with intellectual disabilities and their families during the Covid-19 crisis. The report shows people with intellectual disabilities were segregated and discriminated against once more.
Inclusion Europe’s member Landesforeningen LEV (hereafter referred to as LEV) reports how a new executive order in Denmark allows municipalities to reduce the minimum hours of the accompaniment scheme for people with intellectual disabilities in residential care.
The MACIF, a private French insurance company, ordered a survey to IPSOS to conduct research on carers. The result of its work conducted from December 3. to January 26. 2020 was published in September and consists of 2306 interviewed carers in France on their role, the type of care they performed, and the mental load it represented.
The COVID-19 is changing every aspect of our societies, revealing pre-existing inequalities and highlighting that work on disability inclusion is imperative. Therefore, Inclusion Europe highlights news and statements around the topic of rights of people with disabilities and their families.
Inclusion Europe's Milan Šveřepa wrote a reflection about the Coronavirus emergency.
Giving the Coronavirus emergence in Europe,
we decided to share some information in easy-to-read
about the virus.
The information comes from different organisations
and is in multiple languages.
Self-advocate Ellis Jongerius wrote a blog post about the life with a mild intellectual disability for the Dutch Care Institute. We translated her post into English.
