The European Disability Forum

EUROPEAN STANDARDISATION: PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES WANT TO BE PART OF IT TOO!

20 January 2012 /// Certain European standards on household appliances contain an exclusion clause. This clearly points out that, while creating this standard, the safety standard envisaged does not apply in situations where children and people with disabilities use the aforementioned appliances without supervision. EDF considers this to be discrimination on the basis of disability. That is why the current revision of the European standardisation system offers an opportunity to avoid such a situation in the future.

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PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 1 | LOW COST AIRLINES 0

17 January /// Early January, in France, a court of law has found the British low-cost airline Easyjet guilty of discriminating against three disabled passengers in 2008 and 2009. French organisation of persons with disabilities Association des Paralysés de France (APF) and the European Disability Forum (EDF) as well as the French national Disability Council (CFHE) welcome this important decision from a French court based on the EU regulation.

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LAUNCH OF EUROPEAN YEAR FOR ACTIVE AGEING 2012

16 January 2012 /// On the eve of the launch of the European Year on Active Ageing and solidarity between Generations, the EY2012 Coalition presents its joint Manifesto and Road Map and urges all relevant actors at local, national and European level to seize the momentum of the European Year 2012 to commit to creating an age-friendly European Union that will allow everyone to live, learn, work and age with dignity.

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