mixed abilities
5. November 2007 || by News Desk || Newsletter, Policy & Politics ||
Zum Jahreswechsel sollen Menschen mit Behinderungen ein sogenanntes „Persönliches Budget“ beantragen und damit verstärkt über ihre eigene Hilfsbedürftigkeit bestimmen können. Dies bestätigte die Bundesregierung auf Anfrage der FDP Fraktion im Deutschen Bundestag. Statt Dienst- oder Sachleistungen zu bekommen, können Menschen mit Behinderung ein Budget wählen, mit dem die Aufwendungen, die zur Deckung des persönlichen Hilfebedarfs […]
Tags: german, inclusion, mixed abilities
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22. October 2007 || by News Desk || Newsletter, Strategy & Tools ||
Businesses in Scotland are being urged to embrace diversity to improve performance and productivity. A new initiative, Equality Matters in Business (EMB), has been jointly set up by Scottish Enterprise (SE), Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and the Scottish Government to highlight the positive benefits of employing a diverse workforce and considering diversity in service […]
Tags: age, english, ethnicity origin race, lgbtqi*, mixed abilities, religion beliefs
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22. October 2007 || by News Desk || Newsletter, Policy & Politics ||
In only 9 months of time, the European Disability Forum has met the ambitious challenge launched last January: to collect one million signatures across the European Union in favour of comprehensive EU disability legislation. The President of the European Disability Forum, Yannis Vardakastanis, announced this achievement to the 118 member organisations which were actively involved […]
Tags: english, globality internationality, mixed abilities
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4. October 2007 || by News Desk || D&I in the Media, Newsletter ||
Ein Abend im Theater mit opulenten Bühnenbild, überzeugenden Charaktermimen und überra-schenden Handlungen – das ist nichts für erblindete Menschen? Weit gefehlt. Dank des Hörthea-ters München gibt es bereits seit November 2004 spezielle Audiobeschreibungen von Theater-aufführungen aus dem Spielplan deutschsprachiger Bühnen für Sehbehinderte und Blinde.
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20. September 2007 || by News Desk || D&I in the Media, Newsletter ||
For the first time in history, the group of people over 65 (almost 500 million) outnumbers the number of children under the age of five. The report, Why Population Aging Matters: A Global Perspective, predicts: “Societal aging may affect economic growth, the sustainability of families, the ability of states and communities to provide resources for […]
Tags: age, english, globality internationality, mixed abilities, research
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20. August 2007 || by News Desk || Newsletter, Policy & Politics ||
Air travel will have gotten easier for disabled passengers in the EU with a passing of a new law to protect their rights. It is now categorically illegal to deny an elderly or disabled passenger to fly anywhere within the EU. Next year the law will expand to ensure passengers with reduced mobility not be […]
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20. July 2007 || by News Desk || Business Case, Newsletter ||
A paper published by the Disability Rights Commission has highlighted the economic benefits of an active disabled population. In Britain, disabled people represent a fifth of the working age population, but they are far more likely to be out of work and less qualified than the general population.
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20. July 2007 || by News Desk || Newsletter, Policy & Politics ||
Many countries still have no legislation against employers’ ability to use genetic tests in their recruitment of staff, which essentially mounts to discrimination in employment based on genetic make-up. Experience has shown that people can be subject to unfair treatment for conditions they may develop even if they have no symptoms, because of misunderstanding or […]
Tags: english, mixed abilities, research
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21. June 2007 || by News Desk || Newsletter, Strategy & Tools ||
An increasing number of German companies and organisations are signing their names to the Diversity Charter initiated by DaimlerChrysler, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche BP and Deutsche Telekom with Minister of State Maria Böhmer in December.
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21. May 2007 || by News Desk || Newsletter, Policy & Politics ||
The European Parliament has published a report on the situation of women with disabilities in the EU which calls on its Member States to “ensure the removal of existing barriers and obstacles, including architectural barriers, with view to creating equal rights and opportunities for women and girls with disabilities to play a part in family, […]
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