More than 500 people with disabilities from across Europe will gather on the 6th of December in the European Parliament in Brussels to have a dialogue with their Parliamentarians and speak up for their rights. The 4th European Parliament of Persons with Disabilities (EPPD) is co-organised by the European Disability Forum (EDF) and the European Parliament. It is a unique …

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This conference will provide attendees with the tools and strategies to support autistic people at home, in the classroom or in other learning environments.

The event will be the closing conference of the ASDEU programme funded by the European Commission for a future EU Public Health Plan for Autism.

The event will aim to showcase how employment initiatives both at European, national, regional and local level can benefit from the coproduction methodology, where all relevant stakeholders participate in the development and implementation of the initiative.

The EESC Permanent Study Group on Disability Rights is organising a public hearing on "Women with disabilities in the EU: situation and way forward".
The aim of the event is to look into the situation of women with disabilities in the EU and propose some recommendations to improve it.

The two-day event will consist of plenary sessions dedicated to discussions on the strategic orientation of human development funding in Europe, and thematic workshops.

EDF and the Belgian Disability Forum are holding a conference related with "Sustainable Development Goals” where EDF second Human Rights report will be launched. This new report is called: "The 2030 Agenda and the SDGs: A European Perspective to respect, protect and fulfil the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities”.