AGE Platform Europe and its members launched their Manifesto for the EU elections during an event held at the European Parliament on 5th November, demanding an Age-Friendly European Union.
National Healthcare System (NHS) in the UK issued a report which calls for wide changes in the complaints procedures in the UK. The key health organisations will be controlling its implementation the following year, making sure it will bring expected changes in the way the NHS is handling the objections nowadays.
On 16 October 2013, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted Recommendation CM/Rec(2013)2 on ensuring full inclusion of children and young persons with disabilities into society. Inclusion Europe welcomes the Recommendation which brings the attention of the European governments towards better implementation of the rights of children and young people with disabilities.
Easy Read Online Limited launched a website called Dobson’s Choice which enables people with intellectual disabilities and reading difficulties to browse information online. More than 1000 websites could be retrieved at Dobson’s Choice, providing people with accessible, interesting and relevant information.
Inclusion Ireland, Irish Autism Action and Down Syndrome Ireland called on government to start making people with a disability a priority.
German Institute for Human Rights (DIFM) made its website available in ‘easy to read’. This initiative gives an opportunity to people with intellectual disabilities to retrieve a lot of information about the human rights issues and follow the work of the institute.
