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  • Tuairimí a glacadh on 26/09/2007
    Reference
    SOC/270-EESC-2007-1259
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Estonia
    Plenary session number
    438
    -
    EESC opinion: Harmonised indicators in the field of disability
  • Tuairimí a glacadh on 17/01/2007
    Reference
    SOC/249-EESC-2007-091
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Estonia
    Plenary session number
    432
    -
    EESC opinion: Equal opportunities for people with disabilities
  • Tuairimí a glacadh on 20/04/2006
    Reference
    SOC/230-EESC-2006-01-01-591
    Plenary session number
    426
    -
    Situation of disabled people – the European action plan 2006-2007
  • Tuairimí a glacadh on 14/02/2006
    Reference
    SOC/225-EESC-2006-01-01-236
    Plenary session number
    424
    -
    European Year of People with Disabilities 2003
  • Tuairimí a glacadh on 25/02/2004
    Reference
    SOC/163-EESC-2004-311
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Spain
    Plenary session number
    406
    -
    European Year of People with Disabilities 2003
  • Tuairimí a glacadh on 26/03/2003
    Reference
    SOC/137-EESC-2003-407
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Spain
    Plenary session number
    398
    -
    Persons with disabilities
  • The EESC is calling for the scope of the Commission proposal for a European Disability Card to be expanded to cover longer stays for work and study, with the goal of fully achieving freedom of movement of persons with disabilities in the EU

  • On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we spoke to the EESC's Vice President for Budget, Krzysztof Pater, who authored the 2019 information report on the rights of persons with disabilities to vote in European elections

  • One of the top priorities of the disability movement, called for for many years, the European Disability Card will enable people with disabilities to exercise their fundamental right to freedom of movement in the EU on the same footing as people without disabilities.

  • Persistent health inequalities are a huge factor behind the twofold higher mortality rate of people with disabilities, who on average die 10 to 20 years earlier than people without a disability. At the top of the list of barriers creating such inequalities are exorbitant treatment costs, inaccessible transport and health facilities, and stigma – but also a healthcare workforce that lacks proper training on disability issues.