EU Disability Card
A real European card that is adopted by all Member States providing automatic recognition of disability assessment and connecting rights.
The European Disability Rights Agenda is a plan created by the European Union.
It shows how they want to advance the rights of persons with disabilities in the next 10 years.
It will list laws, programs, and actions and how they will improve the rights of persons with disabilities. The predecessor of this plan was called “European Disability Strategy”.
Why is it important?
The EU will use the Agenda to guide their work. That means that if it is on the Agenda the EU commits to doing it. This is important because the EU has the power to decide many things that affect us: for example rules on products and services or on travel. They also have money that can be used to improve the lives of persons with disabilities.
When?
The European Union is preparing the Agenda during the second half of 2020. They will publish it in 2021.
This means that we need to tell them what we want as soon as possible.
What do we want from it?
It is a document that will guide EU’s work for the next 10 years. We have many demands for it.
You can read them all in our document “EDF input to the European Disability Rights Agenda”.
They include 5 main objectives:
A real European card that is adopted by all Member States providing automatic recognition of disability assessment and connecting rights.
Providing funds to incentivise and facilitate access to the open labour market.
Oblige Member States to report on accessibility discrimination cases. Make the data publicly available.