Launched by the European Commission, the Access City Award recognises and celebrates a city’s willingness, ability and efforts to become more accessible, in order to: guarantee equal access to fundamental rights; improve the quality of life of its population and ensure that everybody, regardless of age, mobility or ability, has equal access to all the resources and pleasures cities have […]
New ambitious EU Disability Strategy
As the current EU Disability Strategy comes to an end, Parliament is calling on the European Commission for an ambitious post-2020 strategy. Discover its priorities. During the June plenary session, MEPs will vote on its priorities for a new EU Disability Strategy post 2020, building upon the current European Disability Strategy for 2010-2020. Parliament wants the EU […]
European Disability Forum – Oracle E-Accessibility Scholarship for Students with Disabilities
The scholarship is addressed to students with disabilities who are currently enrolled in a high education programme in the area of Computer Science, Computer Engineering, User Experience, or related fields enrolled at a EU university for the academic year 2019-2020. This includes Bachelors, Masters and PhD students. The EDF – Oracle e-Accessibility Scholarship consists €6,500 for the 2019-2020 academic […]
Discrimination in the workplace: reasonable accommodation into practice
EU law bans workplace discrimination on the grounds of age, sex, disability, ethnic or racial origin, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. Equal treatment legislation at EU level sets out minimum levels of protection for everyone working in the EU. You are entitled to equal treatment in recruitment, working conditions, promotion, pay, access to vocational training, occupational […]
“Reclaiming your Rights” 2019 Photo Competition
The European Disability Forum is inviting all EU/EAA citizens or residents from all ages to join the competition and capture in one image what access to justice (or lack thereof) looks like to people with disabilities. Who can participate The competition is open to EU/EAA citizens or residents from all ages and there is no entry […]
Professor in Cognitive Hearing Science
The Univesity of Linköping is searching for a professor in cognitive hearing science for a full-time permanent position. Programme The position of Professor in Cognitive Hearing Science will be held within the Disability Research division (DRD). Work within the division encompasses research and doctoral studies, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Disability Research. The […]
Access City Award 2020
The Accessible City award is a special distinction given every year to European cities that make accessibility possible to everyone. It is organized by the European Commission and the European Disability Forum and is one of the actions contemplated in the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020 to create a Europe without barriers. There are more than […]