Inclusion Europe's President Jyrki Pinomaa went to Manchester to meet with Learning Disability England and attend their conference. His thoughts and impressions about the organisation were very positive.
Inclusion Europe president Jyrki Pinomaa
went to a conference organised
by Learning Disability England.
Here’s what Jyrki said about the conference.
Self-advocates from EPSA have met in Brussels.
At the meeting, they talked about different things.
Here are some of the things they talked about.
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.
Nearly 40 participants from 13 European countries came to talk about the multiple discriminations women with intellectual disabilities face, and how to tackle this issue.
The independent self-advocacy organisation announced they will be closing its doors due to a lack of state funding. Inclusion Europe strongly opposes this development.
From 18 to 20 September,
150 self-advocates coming from 18 countries
met in Graz, Austria
for the Hear our Voices conference.
150 self-advocates from 18 countries met in Graz, Austria, to discuss the burning issues for people with intellectual disabilities
Europe for Us is now online! Europe for Us is our easy-to-read newsletter for self-advocates. This issue is dedicated to the Hear our voices conference.
We have published Europe for Us! Europe for Us is our easy-to-read newsletter for self-advocates. This issue talks about our Europe in Action conference and much more!
