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This is the time of the year
when many children and teenagers go back to school
for the new term.
Unfortunately, this doesn’t happen
for many children with intellectual disabilities.
Many children with intellectual disabilities in Europe
don’t find a school that wants to accept them.
Some of them have to go to special schools
or attend lessons for less time.
In countries like France and Ireland
organisations and parents of children with intellectual disabilities
are starting to speak up.
But there’s still a long way to go.
Other countries, for example Romania
don’t do much
for children with intellectual disabilities.
In Romania, many children with intellectual disabilities:
- can’t go to school
- have to go to a special school
These special schools are terrible places to go.
Children with intellectual disabilities there are often:
- humiliated
- beaten
- abused
Children with intellectual disabilities face problems
also in other countries
when it comes to education.
In Norway, Finland and Lithuania
they often can’t go to the school
which is closer to their house.
They have to go to a special school
and be far away from their family.
Jyrki Pinomaa is the President of Inclusion Europe.
He said that children with intellectual disabilities
have the right to go to school
and to receive an education.
This is stated in the UN CRPD.
Inclusion Europe asks to ensure
that children with intellectual disabilities
can go to school
and receive an education.