Italy

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.

Click here for the easy-to-read version   “The training was really useful and we gained a deeper understanding of easy-to-read. We will now implement what we learned at our organisation.” This was the conclusion that Eleonora Di Liberto, vice-president of the Italian disability group “Associazione Uniamoci Onlus“, drew at the end of a one-week course...

Data from the Italian Ministry of Education has shown that 802,785 students in Italian schools are foreigners. No less than 26 626 of them are foreign students with disabilities, a particularly vulnerable group at risk of double discrimination within Italian society.

Inclusion Europe and Anffas welcomed more than 350 participants to the Europe in Action Conference, a yearly event that has become a tradition for many people with intellectual disabilities, their families, carers and representative organisations.

The annual Pontaggia Award ("Premio Pontiggia” in Italian), an international literary competition taking place in Italy, is open for entries, advertises Inclusion Europe member Anffas.