EASPD (European association of service providers for persons with disabilities) – video of key moments

From EASPD: ‘This week we have been sharing fond EASPD memories from the last 25 years, sent in by EASPD members. We asked our Executive Committee members in Brussels for any moments that particularly stand out for them!’

An objective to provide free education and therapeutic services for children with Cerebral Palsy

- as well as paediatric neurogical disorders sich as Erb's Palsy, Klumpke's etc, due to high occurrence of these conditions among children in Ghana. This has passionately driven us to engage families wi

A bottom-up and top-down approach in Ukraine - video

Featuring important work in institutions

SOFT tulip has been working wonders in Ukraine in early support and for older children and adults.

Watch Making a Change - a short movie about the work of SOFT tulip. Dutch spoken, with English subtitles.

Same movie, with Ukrainian subtitles: Зміни на краще

Tea, smiles and empty promises – how families who have suffered because of Winterbourne View are raising awareness of the need for change (UK)

From Mary Spence at Challenging Behaviour Foundation:

To mark the ongoing failures and the anniversary of the Winterbourne View scandal, some families whose relatives were at Winterbourne View have come together to share their experiences in “Tea, smiles, and empty promises”, which will be ava

A discussion of medical apartheid around a complaint filed against New York City mayor (US). And a detailed video about vaccines

“With only 25% of the Black population choosing the shots, de Blasio [mayor] intends 75% of an already disadvantaged group to be unable to do basic things like shop for food, go to the pharmacy and the doctor. This is not only a Civil Rights issue but a human rights issue.”

Read the arguments here:

Samira’s Story: Early Childhood Education in Burundi

‘a cup of fortified porridge three times a week’

By Connie Green, Professor Emerita, Appalachian State University

"My name is Samira. I am 6 years old and I live in Butanuka, Burundi. Many months ago, I was very sick and couldn't walk as I wanted. My mom brought me and my younger sister to t

This is the 10th anniversary of the Winterbourne View hospital scandal (UK)

There are still over 2,000 people with a learning disability and / or autism in hospital inpatient units

where they are at risk of abuse and mistreatment.

Further information: https://www.challengingbehaviour.org.uk/news/winterbourne-view-10-years-on/

Dreams of a Deafblind Person by Alex Garcia

I dream that one day... I will be "less" invisible for Humankind.

I dream that one day... Humankind will recover the patience it has lost.

I dream that one day... Humankind will recover its wisdom and will understand my communication.

I dream that one day... Humankind will be close again as in ancie