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Using Artificial Intelligence To Enhance Accessibility – Opportunities And Risks Of Emerging Technologies For Persons With Disabilities. Vienna, Austria

On 16 November, EDF and the Austrian council of persons with disabilities will organise a side event to fully explore the potential of emerging technologies. The event will focus in technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and aims to debate and promote a universal design approach in their development, preventing the creation of new barriers for persons with disabilities.

Congrès Autisme France 2018: « Familles et professionnels au cœur du changement ». Nice, France

Palace of Congresses and Exhibitions Nice Acropolis 1 Esplanade John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Nice, France

En France, la loi met au cœur du système de santé comme de l’accompagnement médico-social, l’usager, depuis les deux lois de 2002. Malheureusement, la place de l’usager reste encore marginale, même si la situation s’améliore, et que les compétences des patients (dans le sanitaire) et des personnes en situation de handicap (et de leurs familles) commencent à …

€30 – €60

Conference: Building Social Europe- Lisbon, Portugal

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Av. de Berna, 45A, Lisbon, Portugal

The purpose of this conference is to mark the one year anniversary since the Proclamation of the EU’s Pillar of Social Rights – an important milestone in shifting the compass of the EU towards being more social and inclusive.

Open event of the Disability Intergroup: Making the European Disability Card a reality

European Parliament Rue Wiertz 60, Bruxelles, Bruxelles-Capitale, Région de;Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium

This event will try to answer the questions mentioned above with the clear goal to investigate an expansion of the pilot project to make it into a truly European initiative. Both national authorities as well as Disabled Persons’ Organisations and Card holders will be able to express their views.

European Day of Persons With Disabilities 2018

Charlemagne Building, Rue de la Loi 170, Brussels, Belgium

Hosted by the European Commission, in partnership with the European Disability Forum, this event is part of the EU's wider efforts to promote the mainstreaming of disability issues and to raise awareness of the everyday challenges faced by persons with disabilities. Politicians, high-level experts and self-advocates will be present in order to discuss the challenges, the solutions and the projects that are being prepared for improving policies for persons with disabilities.

Rough Justice? How is the justice system serving autistic people?- London, UK

Church House, Westminster, SW1P 3NZ Westminster, United Kingdom

The conference will explore critical aspects of how the justice system currently serves those autistic people who might experience it – as suspects, offenders, witnesses and professionals. The consequences of failure can be far reaching and with serious consequences for all concerned. It is essential that best practice is understood, developed and applied. This will …