Include news brings you updates about work done for inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities in Europe. This post is updated during the month.
Scotland is not meeting human rights obligations on progress from institutions to independent living
The Scottish Human Rights Commission finds that people with learning disabilities and autistic people are still being held in institutions in breach of their human rights, and no evidence of a human rights based approach to end this practice.
Urgent Call to Action: Tell the Council of Europe to abandon work on the draft Additional Protocol
The European Disability Forum and Mental Health Europe, together with numerous stakeholders, will continue to closely monitor the workclosely monitor the work of the CDBIO as well as other bodies of the Council of Europe to ensure that human rights standards are safeguarded across Europe.
Autism-Europe is looking for stories from the autism community for the Not invisible campaign
“Not invisible” is a multi-annual campaignmulti-annual campaign that seeks to draw attention to the fact that autistic people’s needs are often made invisible. Autism-Europe and our members want to raise awareness of the barriers and discrimination autistic people face, and how to overcome them.
United States: song by people with intellectual disabilities
Award-winning hip-hop artist Snoop Dogg, together with Dr Dre, sampled the song Watermelon Fantasy, released by Daylight Studio – a London-based learning disabilities charity. This collaboration brings attention to the creative work produced within the learning disabilities community.
Global: WHO launches disability inclusion guide for action
The WHO disability inclusion Guide for Action is “designed to enable ministries of health to lead and implement disability-inclusive policies, with crucial involvement from persons with disabilities and their organisations. It also engages other ministries, such as finance, transportation and education, and organisations involved in providing disability related services.”
Portugal: sterilisation of women with intellectual disabilities
In an article published on Portuguese media outlet, Publico, the ongoing issue of the forced or coerced sterilisation of women with disabilities in Portugal, a practice that remains legally permitted, is highlighted.
Updates from Inclusion Europe
- Our list of events for 2025 (to be updated throughout the year)
- Year review for JUDY project
- Speech by László Bercse’s, Vice-President of Inclusion Europe, and chair of European Platform of Self-Advocates, at the European Parliament.
- Latest edition of Europe for us on Inclusion indicators 2024
- Latest podcast episodes on Inclusion indicators and building self-advocacy movements
- In an article Milan Šveřepa, director of Inclusion Europe, criticises the superficial implementation of deinstitutionalisation and calls for a shift from mere rhetoric to substantial actions that ensure true integration and respect for the rights of people with intellectual disabilities.
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