The European Commission wants a European Disability Card for all persons with disabilities in the European Union
The European Commission is a political body that has ideas about laws for the European Union.
The European Union is a group of 27 countries in Europe.
People in the European Union
have the right to move and live freely
in any country of the European Union.
We call this right ‘freedom of movement’.
Persons with disabilities have the right
to freedom of movement too.
But it may be hard for persons with disabilities
to enjoy this right like other people.
Often, persons with disabilities do not have
the same disability status
in all countries of the European Union.
A disability status means people with disabilities
have the right to get support or money
to make life with disability easier.
With the European Disability Card people with disabilities
can prove they have a disability everywhere in Europe.
The European Commission wants
that persons with disabilities can
use the European Disability Card
when they travel to any country
of the European Union:
- To show they have a disability
- To get the same advantages in culture, sports, and other activities as persons with disabilities of that country of the European Union
The new European Disability Card
will be used in all 27 countries
of the European Union.
Autism-Europe likes how the European Commission
wants the European Disability Card to be.
Autism-Europe also wants that
autistic people can use
the European Disability Card
to live in another country of the European Union
and have the same rights
as other disabled people in the country.
Autism-Europe wants
that all autistic people
can get a disability status, if they need to.
In the next months, the European Parliament and the European Council
will agree on how and where to use the European Disability Card.
The European Parliament is the political chamber of the European Union.
The people of the European Union vote members into the European Parliament.
The European Council represents the governments of the countries.
Autism-Europe hopes the European Parliament and the European Council
agree on a European Disability Card
that can be used in all countries of the European Union.